Pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility while using brinzolamide - Brand name: Azopt

Brinzolamide and pregnancy

Treating high pressure in the eye or glaucoma is essential and so it's important to keep using brinzolamide while you're pregnant.

As it is applied to the eye, very little gets into your blood and to your baby. The small amount that might get to your baby is unlikely to harm them.

Brinzolamide and breastfeeding

You can use brinzolamide while you're breastfeeding.

Treating high pressure in the eye or glaucoma is essential and so it's important to keep using brinzolamide while you're breastfeeding.

Brinzolamide eye drops are not thought to pass into breast milk or cause any side effects in breastfed babies.

Medicines containing brinzolamide may also contain other ingredients. Check with a pharmacist or doctor first if you're breastfeeding.

If you notice that your baby is not feeding as well as usual, or if you have any other concerns about your baby, talk to your midwife, health visitor or doctor as soon as possible.

Brinzolamide and fertility

There's no evidence to suggest that using brinzolamide eye drops reduces fertility in men or women.