warnings
WARNINGS NOT FOR INJECTION. FOR TOPICAL OPHTHALMIC USE ONLY. Prolonged use of a topical ocular anesthetic may produce permanent corneal opacification with accompanying loss of vision.
FDA label a8385eb1-42aa-4e96-e053-2995a90a3744
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- SPL set ID
- 846eb133-2001-475c-8cef-352a1668304f
- SPL ID
- a8385eb1-42aa-4e96-e053-2995a90a3744
- Version
- 2
- Effective date
- 2020-06-16
- Source export date
- 2026-09-28
- Source partition
- 9
- Source file
- https://download.open.fda.gov/drug/label/drug-label-0009-of-0014.json.zip
- Source object key
- raw/openfda/drug-label/2026-09-28/6784607726c827491ceaeab30d843632e0660ee8008c535197be5ed9e1e52201/drug-label-0009-of-0014.json.zip
- Source manifest SHA-256
- cd2e66336a5cd2223fa3995098fdbdb84c6a7ee5c0a4addb236ccb22dd1e6887
- Import run
- 20260929T050834Z
- Imported at
- 2026-09-29 05:58:40
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| spl id | a8385eb1-42aa-4e96-e053-2995a90a3744 | id | |
| spl set id | 846eb133-2001-475c-8cef-352a1668304f | set_id |
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adverse reactions
ADVERSE REACTIONS Pupillary dilatation or cycloplegic effects have rarely been observed with proparacaine hydrochloride. The drug appears to be safe for use in patients sensitive to other local anesthetics, but local or systemic sensitivity occasionally occurs. Instillation of proparacaine in the eye at recommended concentration and dosage usually produces little or no initial irritation, stinging, burning, conjunctival redness, lacrimation or increased winking. However, some local irritation and stinging may occur several hours after the instillation. Rarely, a severe, immediate-type, apparently hyperallergic corneal reaction may occur which includes acute, intense and diffuse epithelial keratitis; a gray, ground-glass appearance; sloughing of large areas of necrotic epithelium; corneal filaments and, sometimes, iritis with descemetitis. Allergic contact dermatitis with drying and fissuring of the fingertips has been reported. Softening and erosion of the corneal epithelium and conjunctival congestion and hemorrhage have been reported.
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