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Product Information for Virgan Eye Gel

DO NOT USE Virgan Eye Gel
If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to:
– ganciclovir or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6),
– acyclovir, another antiviral drug.
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, unless your doctor tells you to.
In men and women of childbearing age unless you use a method of birth control.
Men using Virgan Eye Gel should use a local method of contraception (such as a condom) for three months after the end of treatment.
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before using Virgan Eye Gel.
– Virgan Eye Gel contains benzalkonium chloride which may also cause eye irritation, especially if you have dry eyes or disorders of
the cornea (the clear layer at the front of the eye).

If you feel anormal eye sensation, stinging or pain in the eye after using this medicine, talk to your doctor.
Contact lenses
– Benzalkonium chloride may be absorbed by soft contact lenses and may change the colour of the contact lenses.
– Remove contact lenses before using this medicine and put them back 15 minutes afterwards.
Children
Do not give this medicine to children under the age of 18 years as there is not enough information to know if it is safe in children.
Other medicines and Virgan Eye Gel
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are using, have recently used or might use any other medicines.
– If you are using any additional eye treatments:
 you should wait for at least 15 minutes between using the two treatments,
 Virgan Eye Gel should always be the last treatment put into the eye.
– Talk to your doctor before using this eye gel if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following:
– antigout drugs such as probenecid,
– anti-infectives such as trimethoprim/ sulpha, dapsone, pentamidine, amphotericin B, imipenem/cilastatin or
zidovudine,
– anticancer therapy such as vincristine, vinblastine, adriamycin or flucytosine.
Pregnancy, breast-feeding and fertility
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice immediately, before taking this medicine.
This medicine should not be used during pregnancy and breast-feeding, unless your doctor tells you to.
Men and women of childbearing age should use a method of birth control.
Men using Virgan Eye Gel should use a local method of contraception (such as a condom) for three months after the end of treatment.
Driving and using machines
If you notice any visual disturbances (for instance, blurred vision), or if you notice any other problems with your eye sight after using
this eye gel, you should not drive or operate machinery until you are satisfied that you can see clearly.
Virgan Eye Gel contains benzalkonium chloride
What you need to know before you use Virgan Eye Gel – Warnings and precautions. This medicine contains 0.375 mg benzalkonium chloride in each tube of 5 g