Azelastine Hydrochloride Eye Drops
Azelastine Hydrochloride Eye Drops
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this medicine because it contains important information for you.
In this leaflet Azelastine hydrochloride 0.5mg/ml Eye drops, solution is called as Azelastine Eye drops.
What Azelastine Eye drops is and what it is used for
Azelastine Eye drops contains the active substance azelastine hydrochloride, which belongs to a group of medicines called antiallergics (antihistamines).
Antihistamines work by preventing the effects of substances such as histamine that the body produces as part of an allergic reaction. Azelastine has been shown to reduce inflammation of the eye.
Azelastine Eye drops can be used to treat and prevent eye disorders which you get with hayfever (seasonal allergic conjunctivitis) in adults and children aged 4 years and above.
Azelastine Eye drops can be used for eye disorders caused by an allergy to substances such as house dust mites or animal hair (perennial allergic conjunctivitis) in adults and children aged 12 years and above.
Azelastine Eye drops is not suitable for treating eye infections.
