Answer
Proxymetacaine hydrochloride eye drops may rarely cause a severe, immediate-type, apparently hyperallergic corneal reaction with acute, intense, diffuse epithelial keratitis, a grey ground-glass appearance, sloughing of large areas of necrotic epithelium, corneal filaments and sometimes iritis with descemetitis.
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- Minims Proxymetacaine Hydrochloride 0.5% w/v, Eye drops solutionBausch & Lomb U.K Limited · emc · SmPC §4.8 Undesirable effects · Version 9Document updated
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