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Brom Chor Eye Drop is used to reduce eye inflammation after cataract surgery in adults. It contains Bromfenac, which works by inhibiting the release of certain natural substances, such as prostaglandins in the eye, that cause pain and swelling. In some cases, you may experience mild eye irritation, headache, seeing floaters or flashes of light before the eyes, or increased sensitivity of the eyes to light. Before using this medicine, you should tell your doctor if you are allergic to any of its components or if you are pregnant/breastfeeding, and about all the medications you are taking and pre-existing medical conditions. You are advised to remove soft contact lenses before using this medicine as it may cause discolouration of the soft contact lens.

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Written By Veda Maddala , M Pharmacy
Reviewed By Dr Aneela Siddabathuni , MPharma., PhD
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More about the Product

Composition :

BROMFENAC-0.9MG

Manufacturer/Marketer :

Optimal Pharma Tech

Consume Type :

Ophthalmic

Expires on or after :

Dec-28

Return Policy :

Not Returnable

About Brom Chor Eye Drop

This medication is a sterile eye drop prescribed to treat swelling, redness, and pain after cataract surgery. By targeting inflammation directly in the eye, it helps support a smoother and more comfortable recovery process. Your doctor will determine exactly how long you need to use this treatment based on your healing progress.

To get the best results, it is important to use these eye drops consistently at the same times each day as directed by your eye specialist. While using this medication, wearing sunglasses outdoors and avoiding dusty environments can protect your healing eyes from irritation. You should not wear contact lenses during your treatment unless your doctor specifically tells you it is safe.

Most people tolerate these eye drops well, but some may experience temporary mild stinging, burning, or watery eyes right after application. If you experience severe eye pain, sudden changes in your vision, or worsening redness, stop using the drops and contact your doctor immediately. These serious symptoms require prompt medical attention to protect your eyesight.

Do not use this if you are allergic to aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Before starting this treatment, tell your doctor if you have bleeding tendencies, diabetes, dry eye syndrome, or a history of multiple eye surgeries. These conditions can increase your risk of developing corneal side effects.

This medication can interact with other eye drops, especially steroid drops, which can slow down eye healing. If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding, talk to your doctor or pharmacist to weigh the benefits and risks. Elderly individuals should also consult their healthcare provider, as they may be more prone to dry eyes or corneal issues.

Uses of Brom Chor Eye Drop

Brom Chor Eye Drop is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) eye drop used to reduce inflammation and relieve pain following eye surgery. It is commonly prescribed for the following conditions:

  • Post-cataract surgery inflammation: Brom Chor Eye Drop helps by reducing the swelling, heat, and redness that naturally occur in the eye tissues after surgical procedures.
  • Eye pain after cataract surgery: Brom Chor Eye Drop targets the local chemical messengers that cause pain, providing relief and helping you feel more comfortable during recovery.
     

Key Benefits

Brom Chor Eye Drop provides targeted, localised relief directly to the eye, ensuring that pain and swelling are managed where they start. This direct approach offers several key benefits for your recovery:

  • Effective Pain Relief: It significantly reduces the aching, soreness, and discomfort that typically follow cataract surgery, allowing you to rest and heal comfortably.
  • Controlling Swelling: By keeping inflammation in check, it prevents excessive fluid buildup in the eye tissues, which helps your vision stabilise and clear up more quickly.
  • Convenient and Targeted Action: Because it is applied directly to the eye as a drop, it limits the amount of medicine absorbed into the rest of your body, reducing the likelihood of systemic side effects.

Directions for Use

  • Follow your doctor's instructions on the dosage and timing of this medication to ensure safety.
  • Lie down and tilt your head backwards. Pull your lower eyelid gently with your index finger to form a pocket. Instil the number of drops as advised by the doctor into the pocket of the lower eyelid. Close your eyes for 1-2 minutes.
  • Avoid touching the tip of the container to prevent contamination.

How Brom Chor Eye Drop Works

Brom Chor Eye Drop contains bromfenac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that helps reduce pain and inflammation in the eye, particularly after eye surgery. Brom Chor Eye Drop works by blocking cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes, which are responsible for producing prostaglandins. Prostaglandins are natural chemicals that cause pain, swelling, and redness in response to injury or surgery. By reducing the production of these chemicals, Brom Chor Eye Drop helps relieve inflammation and discomfort while supporting the healing process. Together, these actions help reduce eye pain, swelling, and redness, promoting a more comfortable recovery after eye surgery.
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Alcohol

Caution

The interaction of alcohol with Brom Chor Eye Drop is unknown. Please consult a doctor before consuming alcohol with Brom Chor Eye Drop.

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Pregnancy

Caution

Brom Chor Eye Drop is a Category C pregnancy drug, so it is not recommended for use during pregnancy in the last 3 months as it may cause harm to the unborn baby. Please consult a doctor if you are pregnant so that Brom Chor Eye Drop is prescribed only if the doctor thinks benefits outweigh risks.

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Breast Feeding

Safe if prescribed

Brom Chor Eye Drop may be safe to use in breastfeeding mothers if it is prescribed by a doctor.

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Driving

Caution

Brom Chor Eye Drop may cause blurred vision for a short time immediately after using Brom Chor Eye Drop. So, drive only when your vision is clear after taking Brom Chor Eye Drop.

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Liver

Safe if prescribed

If you have any concerns regarding the use of Brom Chor Eye Drop in patients with liver problems, please consult a doctor.

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Kidney

Safe if prescribed

If you have any concerns regarding the use of Brom Chor Eye Drop in patients with kidney problems, please consult a doctor.

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Children

Unsafe

Brom Chor Eye Drop is not recommended for children as the safety and effectiveness were not established.

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Heart

Consult your doctor

Please consult your doctor before using Brom Chor Eye Drop if you have pre-existing heart problems. Your doctor will prescribe Brom Chor Eye Drop if the benefits outweigh the risks.

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Geriatrics

Consult your doctor

Please consult a doctor before administering Brom Chor Eye Drop to geriatric patients. Your doctor will prescribe Brom Chor Eye Drop if the benefits outweigh the risks.

What if I have taken an overdose of Brom Chor Eye Drop

Because this is an eye drop, a serious overdose from proper ophthalmic use is highly unlikely. However, if you accidentally swallow the liquid, or if you put too many drops in your eye and experience severe irritation, rinse your eye with lukewarm water and contact your doctor, pharmacist, or local poison control centre immediately.

Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Protect your eyes from bright light: Wear sunglasses outdoors to shield your healing eyes from sunlight, wind, dust, and debris.
  • Avoid rubbing your eyes: Rubbing your eyes can cause serious injury to the cornea or disrupt the healing process after surgery.
  • Keep your eyes clean: Avoid swimming, using hot tubs, or getting water directly in your eyes while showering during your recovery period to prevent infections.
  • Avoid eye makeup: Do not wear eye makeup, creams, or lotions near your eyes until your surgeon confirms that your eye has fully healed.
  • Eat eye-healthy foods: Support your body's healing process by eating foods rich in vitamins A, C, and E, such as spinach, kale, citrus fruits, and fish.
     

Have a query?

How Soon It Starts Working

The time required for Brom Chor Eye Drop to start to work: The time required for Brom Chor Eye Drop to show its action is not clinically established. The time for which the effects of Brom Chor Eye Drop last: The duration of action for Brom Chor Eye Drop is not clinically established.

What if you forget to take Brom Chor Eye Drop

If you miss a dose, apply the drops as soon as you remember. However, if it is almost time for your next scheduled dose, skip the missed dose and continue with your regular routine. Do not apply a double dose of the medication to make up for a missed one.

Storage

•Store Brom Chor Eye Drop at room temperature, ideally between 15°C and 25°C (59°F and 77°F). •Keep the bottle tightly closed when not in use .

Drug Warnings

  • Inspect the Eye Drops Before Use: Always check the appearance of the liquid before each use; do not use the eye drops if the solution is cloudy, discoloured, or contains visible particles.
  • Keep the Dropper Sterile: Never let the dropper tip touch any surface, including your eye or fingers, to prevent bacteria from contaminating the remaining medicine.
  • Space Out Other Eye Medications: If you are using other eye drops or ointments, always wait at least 5 to 10 minutes between applying Brom Chor Eye Drop and your other eye medications to prevent them from washing each other out.
  • Take Care When Driving: Do not drive, operate machinery, or perform activities requiring clear vision immediately after using the drops, as your vision may be temporarily blurry.
  • Monitor Your Recovery: Stop using the drops immediately and call your doctor if your eye redness worsens, if you feel sudden pain, or if you suspect your eye is healing too slowly.

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Brom Chor Eye Drop may interact with certain medicines, increasing the risk of side effects or affecting the healing process. Inform your doctor about all prescription, over-the-counter, and herbal medicines you are using, including:

  • Steroid eye drops: Using Brom Chor Eye Drop alongside topical corticosteroid eye drops may increase the risk of slow eye healing and corneal complications.
  • Blood thinners: Using these drops while taking oral blood thinners (like warfarin) may increase the risk of bleeding in the tissues of the eye after surgery.

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No clinically significant food interactions are known with Brom Chor Eye Drop when used as directed.

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FAQs

Brom Chor Eye Drop is used to reduce eye inflammation after cataract surgery in adults.
Brom Chor Eye Drop contains Bromfenac that prevents the release of certain natural substances such as prostaglandins in the eye that cause pain and swelling. Thereby, helps in relieving eye pain and swelling after cataract surgery.
You are not recommended to wear contact lenses while using Brom Chor Eye Drop as it contains benzalkonium chloride, a preservative that changes the colour of the contact lens as it may be absorbed by a soft contact lens. Benzalkonium chloride also causes irritation in the eye especially if you have disorders of the cornea (transparent layer at the front of the eye) or dry eyes. Therefore, you are advised to remove contact lenses before applying Brom Chor Eye Drop and reinsert after 15 minutes of using Brom Chor Eye Drop. Also, inform your doctor if you experience pain, stinging or abnormal sensation in the eye after using Brom Chor Eye Drop.
You are recommended to maintain a minimum of 10-15 minutes time gap between using Brom Chor Eye Drop and other eye drops. However, please consult a doctor before using other medicines with Brom Chor Eye Drop.
Brom Chor Eye Drop may cause temporary blurred vision. Therefore, you are recommended to wait until your vision is clear before driving or operating heavy machinery.
You are not recommended to stop using Brom Chor Eye Drop without consulting your doctor as it may rarely flare-up inflammatory response such as retina swelling. Therefore, use Brom Chor Eye Drop for as long as your doctor has prescribed it, and if you experience any difficulty while taking Brom Chor Eye Drop, please consult your doctor.
No, Brom Chor Eye Drop need not be refrigerated. However, it should be stored at temperature not exceeding 25°C.
Lie down and tilt your head backwards. Pull your lower eyelid gently with your index finger to create a pocket. Administer the number of drops as advised by the doctor into the pocket of the lower eyelid. Close your eyes for 1-2 minutes. Please do not touch the container tip to the eye, eyelids, or surrounding areas as it may contaminate Brom Chor Eye Drop and cause eye infections.
If you have any of the following symptoms like, headache, eye redness, eye irritation (including burning or stinging), eye pain, eye allergy, or iritis (inflammation of the coloured area of your eye), you should contact your doctor immediately.
Avoid using other topical pain relievers while using Brom Chor Eye Drop as it may delay healing process. You should consult your doctor before using other topical pain relieving medicine along with Brom Chor Eye Drop.
The common side effects of Brom Chor Eye Drop are blurred vision, eye pain, and eye inflammation. If any of these symptoms persist or worsen please consult your doctor.
Mild, temporary burning or stinging is a common side effect that usually goes away within a minute or two. If the burning is severe, persists, or gets worse over time, stop using the drops and contact your healthcare provider. Talk to your doctor.
You should not use these eye drops if you have a known history of severe allergic reactions, asthma, or hives caused by aspirin or other NSAIDs. Talk to your doctor.
To prevent bacterial contamination and protect your eyes, you should discard the bottle 4 weeks after first opening it, even if there is still liquid left inside. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
No, Brom Chor Eye Drop is not an antibiotic and will not treat or cure an eye infection. It is used solely to reduce pain and inflammation. Talk to your doctor.
While the small amount of liquid in a single bottle is unlikely to cause serious harm if swallowed, you should seek immediate medical advice or contact a poison control centre for guidance. Talk to your doctor.

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India
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