Bimat with Applicators
Bimat with Applicators is a 3 ml bottle of bimatoprost eye drops, sold with applicator brushes, for lowering pressure in glaucoma and ocular hypertension and for sparse eyelashes.
- Category
- Eye Care
- Active ingredient
- Bimatoprost
- Route
- Topical
- Form
- Solution
- Strengths
- 3ml
Shipped in a discreet, unmarked envelope.
Details
- Conditions
- Hypotrichosis of eyelashes · Glaucoma
- Therapeutic Class
- Antiglaucoma
- Pharmacological Class
- Prostaglandin Analog
- Minor Side Effects
- Eye redness, Itchiness
- Moderate Side Effects
- Darkening of eyelid skin, Increased iris pigmentation
- Dosage Forms
- Solution
- Administration Route
- Topical
- Manufacturer
- Ajanta Pharma
- Onset Time
- Gradual
- Duration
- Daily application
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature.
- Drug Interactions
- Other prostaglandin analogues
- Age Restrictions
- Not for children
FAQ
Which Bimat with Applicators pack sizes can I order?
Bimat with Applicators contains bimatoprost. Pack sizes are 1, 3 or 6 bottles. Larger packs cost less per bottle.
What arrives when I order Bimat with Applicators to Hong Kong?
Every order ships in plain, unbranded packaging with nothing on the outside about the contents. Tracked courier takes 5 to 9 business days with online tracking.
Does Bimat with Applicators have other names?
Bimat with Applicators is a branded generic of bimatoprost, the ingredient in Lumigan. Bimatoprost is also sold as Latisse. Here, bimatoprost can be bought online as Bimat with Applicators, and also as Careprost, generic Lumigan and bimatoprost bottles. These are generics, not the original brand.
Can I wear contact lenses with Bimat with Applicators?
Take them out before each dose and put them back 15 minutes later. The preservative used in these drops, benzalkonium chloride, is absorbed by soft lenses, so wearing them during use can leave the lens coated and the eye irritated. Hard lenses are less of a problem, but the same routine works for both.
Can Bimat with Applicators change my eye colour?
Yes, slowly. Bimatoprost can add brown pigment to the iris and darken the skin around the eye, and that change often stays after you stop. It shows up most in people with light-coloured eyes. Where only one eye is treated, the difference between the two can become noticeable over months.
Can I use Bimat with Applicators with other eye drops?
You can, with a five-minute wait between them. Any other drop, artificial tears included, will carry bimatoprost out of the eye if it goes in straight after. Setting out the bottles in a fixed order each night is an easy way to stick to it.
How is Bimat with Applicators different from Careprost with Applicators?
Both are 3 ml bottles of bimatoprost with brushes in the pack. The difference is the brand name, not the active ingredient. The same goes for the plain bottles: Careprost, Lumigan and Bimatoprost 0.03% all contain bimatoprost in a 3 ml size.
Do I need to use it more than once a day?
No. One drop in each treated eye in the evening is the full dose. Extra drops do not speed anything up and can actually weaken the effect, so the once-daily routine is the one to keep to, at roughly the same time each evening.
About Bimat with Applicators
What Bimat with Applicators is for
Bimat with Applicators is a 3 ml bottle of bimatoprost eye drops, sold with applicator brushes. It gets bought for two different jobs: bringing down pressure inside the eye, and encouraging fuller eyelashes.
In the eye, bimatoprost helps the natural fluid drain away more freely, which lowers the pressure pressing on the optic nerve. That pressure is what causes the slow vision loss of glaucoma; ocular hypertension means the pressure is high before any nerve damage shows. The drops hold pressure down while they are used — they do not cure either condition.
For lashes, the same ingredient keeps each follicle in its growing phase for longer, so lashes come through longer, thicker and darker. The applicator brushes lay a thin line of solution along the base of the upper lashes, which is easier than aiming the dropper at the lid margin.
How it is used
Put one drop into each treated eye every evening, at about the same hour. Once daily is the full dose: using it more often can lower the effect rather than improve it.
Start with clean hands and make sure the dropper tip is intact. Lean your head back, draw the lower lid down to form a small pocket and let a single drop fall into it, keeping the tip clear of the eye, lid and fingers. Keep the eye shut for two or three minutes, pressing gently on the inner corner beside the nose. Anything else going into that eye should wait five minutes.
Contact lenses come out first and go back in 15 minutes later — the preservative in the drops collects in soft lenses. Other eye drops, artificial tears included, go in five minutes apart from this one.
Changes to watch for
Itching, dryness, burning, a gritty feeling, watering and headaches are common. Eye colour can deepen towards brown and the skin around the eye can darken; lashes usually darken and thicken too. These changes arrive slowly and may stay. Treated in one eye only, that eye can end up looking different from the other. Less often the eye becomes light-sensitive or pink, or the eyelid turns red and swollen.
Keep the bottle capped, away from strong heat, and never rinse the dropper tip.
The other 3 ml bimatoprost bottles
Careprost, Lumigan and Bimatoprost 0.03% hold the same medicine in the same 3 ml size. Careprost with Applicators and Lumigan with Applicators arrive with brushes, as this one does. What separates them is the brand name on the box; each contains bimatoprost. The bimatoprost page covers the ingredient itself.
Sources
- Bimatoprost Ophthalmic: MedlinePlus Drug Information — MedlinePlus / National Library of Medicine
- Understanding Glaucoma: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment — American Academy of Ophthalmology