Bimatoprost .01% vs .03%

[JimJamestown]

I am using Lumigan (bimatoprost) 0.01% nightly.  Cost under my Medicare coverage is pretty high (deductible plus copay).  Bimatoprost 0.03% is now available as a generic.  What potential problems am I inviting by asking my ophthalmologist to switch prescriptions and start using the 0.03%?

[JohnHaganMD]

They are not the same medication. Lumigan was initially sold as 0.03% but there was a very high incidence or redness, scaling, irritation, inflamed eyelids severe enough to discontinue the medication. They then came out with the 0.01% and found that these side effects were lowered. Still though Lumigan is more irritating for most people than latanoprost and Travatan Z.  You should also look at how much money you save. Many of the new generics are not that much less expensive than the brand name. Thus you are more likely to have irritated symptoms with the generic than the brand name.

[oz457]

I'm hoping to get some more follow up from the OP. I hope Woodvillewomble will just send another update after  2 years.
I'm just wondering, I have the same implants, but when I look to rooftops (black rooftops) with a sky background, I see the white reflected on the top of the roofs, so the black doesn't look black but white/black, at least at the edges. These double vision becomes more noticable for rooftops far away.
Also, when I see the street lines and signs, I mean the signs printed on the streets, I see them double (with the second one, the ghost I would say, much less noticable. And as I approach these signs they become one. Did Woodvillewomble also experience these side effects.
I'm now 8 weeks post operation. I'm pretty satisfied, but I'd love to know if these effects will go away after time.
I hope Woodvillewomble still get's the emails and keeps coming back to this website.

Thanks for all info all on this matter.

Kurt