Brimonidine ophthalmic User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)

• kdg
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 22, 2018

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "These drops accelerated my heart rate and made me feel awful! They put me to sleep within an hour of using them. Yes, they whitened my eyes a lot but also made them FEEL irritated, DRY AND BLURRY. They remained so blurry that I visited my GP who said that they should never have been made available OTC."

• Kaytlin
• October 11, 2019

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "Using lumify is one of the biggest mistakes of my life . Lumify has mimicked a severe sinus infection that I’ve been treated for three times with no results of getting better (obviously it was lumify the whole time) it has caused unbelievable swelling under my eyes causing huge red and purple circles that are taking months to go away. My ears and head are chronically in pain. I truly feel like this stuff has been poisoning me for months and leaking down my capillaries . Last week my body started rejecting these and I got dizzy and weak. I have discontinued. A week later , today I’m still experiencing headaches and pressure around my nose and huge circles. I hope these are not permanent. Don’t buy these they are not worth the long term effects and make you feel extremely sick in phases ."

• Sarah
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 24, 2020

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "My eye Dr gave me a free sample of Lumify to try for my dry eye problems. I put one drop in each in each eye and they instantly turned bright white. At first I thought Lumify was a miracle worker and I was prepared to spend $20 on the tiny bottle. But about an hour later my eyes felt more dry and everything seemed very bright, similar to when you get your eyes dilated. The next day I did not use the drops and my eyes are more dry and red than usual. After experiencing this and reading other negative reviews, I will definitely not buy this product."

• Susan
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 1, 2023

"The eye drops are causing my blood pressure to plummet - 80/76. Right now I feel dizzy, weak, and nauseous and will stop seeing the eye doctor next week. I am 73 years old, otherwise healthy and athletic, with no heart problems. It has also shown, under medical measurements, to bring down the pressure in my eyes."

• Cody
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 12, 2020

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I brought lumify yesterday and used the product this morning. This product work well the first five hours. After the fifth hour, my eyes was blood shot again. There was no irritation, it cause my head to ache a little. So it really do not work the full eight hours."

• Deb
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 4, 2019

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I have used this product for about a year. At first it was a miracle, but now I feel like my eyes have much more redness than before after only about four hours. Also, they are very watery now... I going to stop using this product."

• holly
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 7, 2019

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "This really does make my eyes white . At first I thought the only problem was there is very little drops in the bottle . After about three weeks of using a couple times a week my vision is very blurred and had to buy reading glasses . Had already bought new bottle .So tried using it again my eyes started burning and watering . The blurred vision has not gone away and I have discontinued using product , It does make your eyes very white but for me the side affects are just too great . Hope my vision gets better soon."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 13, 2020

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I have brown eyes so I was enticed from the commercial anyways. I bought this product, lumify a year ago and my vision has never been the same. Ever. Prior to that I had my eyes checked. I went back to the opthomologist for a recheck and had to get a different script for reading glasses as well as driving. Two pair! I am 45 years old and feel like I have 80 year old eyes. I would never recommend this. Ever. I will look into lasik surgery although I am sure it's quite expensive but hopefully worth it."

• Krissy
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 8, 2020

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I love this product. It eliminates redness immediately. I use Restasis for dry eye, a very expensive prescription eye drop that doesn't work as well as Lumify. My ophthalmologist approved it. My only issue is that the caps on the bottle don't open very easily I have contacted Bausch and Lomb, who said this is a recurrent problem. Be prepared to use tools to open them. Also, the larger bottle is exactly the same size as the smaller bottle - so odd."

• no name
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 5, 2023

Alphagan P (brimonidine) for Glaucoma, Open Angle "On the Alphagan-P 0.1% morning and evening for 11 months. They are the first ones out of 4 brands that do help with my dry eyes from many hours of daily computer work. I do have a terrible dry mouth side effect, even a dry nose and throat to some degree. The redness in my eyes lowered though. I have a blood pressure of 110/70 and Alphagan-P lowered it down to 50. I could not function in the first week. I could not walk without falling aside. This went away after 7 days or so. My IOP keeps going up over and over again, I even had SLT in 2020 on both eyes and another one on the now glaucoma affected eye in 2023 again. Nothing helps and the blindness in this eye keeps progressing now. It is very sad that one has to start with the China or India made Latanoprost to begin a health insurance coverage. These drops resulted in terrible itching and blurring. I had good vision in 2017, no loss of sight due to glaucoma at all and my IOP used to be 16 to 18. I started losing vision in one eye the next year together with IOP up to 24."

• Kaano
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 15, 2020

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I heard about how white they make your eyes and I used to use Visine when my eyes got red so thought how great it would be. They made my eyes extremely sensitive to light that it almost hurt. So the second time I used them was on a day that I knew that I wouldn't be driving. Same thing happened and even wearing dark sunglasses didn't help. I wish that I had kept the receipt and that I had bought the smaller bottle. I really wanted to like Lumify, but would not recommend them to anybody."

• Moni
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 17, 2019

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I just used for the first time this morning and immediately my eyes started watering and burning. I felt like someone had threw sand in my eyes and my nose is itchy. Although it made my eyes completely white. I will not be using them again. I purchased at Costco, so thank goodness I can get my money back. I will be letting my eye doctor know as they recommended this product. Still waiting to put my contacts in."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 29, 2017

Alphagan (brimonidine) for Glaucoma, Open Angle "After cataract surgery my eye pressure became elevated and took a long time to get it lower the eye doctor also said it looked like the muscles around the eye resembled glaucoma and put me on Alphagan for two months three weeks on the medicine my eyes became very sensitive to bright lights, irritated and inflamed with blurred vision, I was put on several other types of eye drops but they all made it worse and it has been 7 months since and no relief"

• Shb
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 17, 2020

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I listed Lumify on drugs used when I went to eye specialist. She asked who told me to use lumify and I said I read about them and went immediately and bought them. She said she couldnt believe these had made it to market because one of the ingredients is used for glaucoma. Told me to stop taking immediately!"

• Carole
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 21, 2020

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I used Lumify one time and could not believe the pain it caused. My eyes burned and watered all night and were swollen the next morning. I flushed them with saline but it took another day to be able to even open my eyes. When you read the Lumify website, most of the reviews glorify the product and say how well it worked for them . I have to belief they were fake reviews. I feel the FDA needs to get involved here."

• ratdog
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 28, 2021

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I've been using these drops for over a month. I have light blue eyes that are always red. At first, I loved how white it made your eyes. The only thing I noticed was watery, sticky eyes for hours after. The past 2 weeks I've had itchy, worse watery, sticky eyes & headaches everyday. This prompted me to read the reviews. Wasn't shocked to hear most people had the same. The fact that it affects many people the same way or worse is enough proof that this product should be removed from sale."

• amadan
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 7, 2018

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "While Lumify cleared the redness from my allergy laden eyes I have since experienced blurred vision. My vision prior to using Lumify was 20/15. Now it's 20/80. I visited my Ophthalmologist almost two weeks ago to be treated for the blurred vision and am now on steroid eye drops. The condition hasn't much improved. Please carefully read the side effects before using this product."

• Anthony
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 27, 2023

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I have been using this product for 3 years with no issues. Love it. Works as described. I have no idea where all the negative reviews are coming from, probably Visine and Clear Eyes employees (seriously.) Zero side effects ever."

• Tonie...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 30, 2020

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "I had a little redness in my eye on Sunday, woke up Monday my entire whites in my right eye was dark red all over. Immediately went to eye dr. and was told that I had a hemorrhage in my eye, blood vessel burst. I had only used Lumify a couple of times and I used it on Sunday."

• Keep...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 12, 2019

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "Same effect as Visine but 1 major difference. I normally use Visine. I put Visine in one eye and Lumify in the other for comparison. No difference noticed. Both took redness out and moisturized with Visine giving slightly better moisture. Sooo I went on Vacation and packed both Visine and Lumify. One morning I used Lumify and then later before dinner i used Visine. Major mistake! The interaction caused MAJOR redness even though it was 10 hours between applications. The redness will not subside till at least 8 hours later. So warning stick with one. I will stick with Original Visine. Great results and price."

• Jakki
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 24, 2020

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "After using 2 times I cannot wear my contacts due to blurry vision. It's been 4 days since I used Lumify and I still cannot wear my contacts. Never again! It really does whiten but it is not worth the after effects. My eyes are redder than ever."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 24, 2023

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "After using Lumify, I noticed a dramatic increase in floaters, my vision wasn’t as clear, and I had a headache. I am certain the symptoms occurred as a direct result of using these eyedrops. Unacceptable."

• PSA
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 28, 2023

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "Each time I use my expensive little Lumify eyedrops I experience itchy eyes. At first they look amazing. Each time I use them (sparingly) the clear white eyes last fewer and fewer hours, to now minutes. Then the itching and redness begins. Too good to be true in my case. definitely will not use again. So bummed."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 20, 2022

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "First time I used Lumify (otc, not prescription), I got a mild headache. Tried again a couple days later, worse headache, feeling a bit bad. Mouth dry as a desert. 3rd time, my sinuses became so inflamed it made my teeth hurt! I felt like I had the flu. Terrible headache that wouldn't go away even with Aleve. Sore throat, sinus pain, pressure, drainage, lacrimal ducts swollen. I just recently got over COVID and I felt exponentially worse from using Lumify. Why would the FDA approve this? Are they taking bribes or something?"

• Cookie
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 21, 2019

Lumify (brimonidine) for Eye Redness "The drops worked very well! I only used 1 drop in each eye and got instant results. The only problem I had with purchase is the cost, sure the drops work but no one wants to pay almost $20 for a very small bottle! I think the maker is ripping people off with the price. So I went back to my "Clear Eyes" eye drop. It works just as well and cost much less."