Ikervis (Cyclosporin)

[whitedog]

Has anyone been prescribed this for dry eye/corneal issues?

I was referred to an iritis clinic and prescribed this drop mid June x 2 drops in right eye per day.

Though I don't see out of my right, vision in my left was pretty good up till then (had cataract op in left last year) but it started getting blurry and hazy so I contacted the hospital and asked if the Ikervis could be reduced to x 1 at night. Message got through and that was agreed but I'm still finding vision in my left eye very hazy.

Feeling really fed up as have already had to stop work due to rheumatoid arthritis flaring and just had my first infusion of a new drug yesterday. So am assuming it's the Ikervis but wondered if something else was going on like Sjogren's or clouding of my left that's developed again since the cataract op. Waiting for a call back from my GP though I've another eye appt at the end of July.

Has anyone else experienced the same and if so, did stopping the Ikervis help with the blur/haze?

[Celtic-mad]

hi I also had cataract lens replacement surgery in2022. The cloudiness in your new lens is common and easily corrected with YAG laser treatment. If you also have glaucoma insist on min power on laser and seek immediate help if sight isn’t clear within 2hrs. Unfortunately I had a pressure spike after mine which devastated my vision. Also on 1x Ikervis drops daily, don’t know why you need 2x

[whitedog in reply to Celtic-mad]

Hi

Thanks for your reply.

The blur seems to be intermittent so am more convinced it's the Ikervis. Now I'm down to x 1 per day at night, I put it in about 15 mins before my overnight ointment.

I noticed last night that my vision was clearer before I put it in but blurred now, just before mid-day so it seems to be affecting my left eye around 12 hours after I've put it in my right. Glaucoma only in my right, though, thankfully.

It's frustrating - the GP messaged telling me to contact the urgent community eye clinic (there's one at a surgery 5 mins away) but they said they wouldn't see me as I'm already under the hospital eye clinic. Emailed the hospital and got a reply saying someone would contact me but no one has.

[Celtic-mad in reply to whitedog]

Hi

I can’t honestly say the Ikervis has caused any blurring of my vision. I use it in both eyes at night. Sorry your problem seems more complicated, hope it is simply the Ikervis.

Best of luck