For healthcare professionals
Tiopex is indicated for the reduction of elevated IOP in patients with ocular hypertension or chronic open angle glaucoma.1It is the only once-daily, preservative-free timolol gel.
Tiopex is lower strength than other timolol eye drops (0.1% compared to 0.25% or 0.5%) and is dosed once daily; however, it provides non-inferior IOP control compared to 0.5% aqueous timolol drops dosed twice daily over 24 hours2 and after 12 weeks.3,4
Patients switched from preserved 0.5% aqueous timolol twice daily to Tiopex have significantly lower adverse effects.4
Due to the lower strength and once-daily dose there is a 10-fold reduction in timolol administered and 90% less systemic absorption compared with timolol 0.5% twice daily.5
Tiopex features a ‘fluid gel’ vehicle (carbomer and polyvinyl alcohol) which enhances eye residency time and provides additional ocular comfort without significant blurring.6.7
Adults: The recommended dosage regimen is 1 drop of TIOPEX 1 mg/g in the affected eye(s), once a day, in the morning.
Children and adolescents: There is no experience in children and adolescents. This eye gel is therefore not recommended in such patients.
Keep the single-dose containers in the sachet and the outer carton in order to protect from light.
After opening of the sachet, use the single-dose containers within 1 month.
After opening of the single-dose container, use immediately and discard after use.
10 single-dose containers (PEBD) containing 0.4 g of gel are packed in each sachet (paper/aluminium).
Each box contains 3 sachets.
Prescription only medicine.
NHS Price: £7.49 for a pack of 30 single dose containers
PIP code: 367-7069
Page last updated: 4th October 2024