Patient leaflet - Simple eye ointment
1. What Simple Eye Ointment is and what it is used for
Simple Eye Ointment belongs to a group of medicines known as eye lubricants (ocular lubricants).
It is used to lubricate and protect the eye in a wide range of conditions such as inflammation or injury to the cornea (the front surface of the eye) or during surgery. It is also used at night for dry and sticky eyes, and to soften and remove crusts from the eyelids and around the eyes in blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelids).
2. What you need to know before you use Simple Eye Ointment
Do not use Simple Eye Ointment
- if you are allergic to yellow soft paraffin, liquid paraffin or particularly wool fat (lanolin)
- if you are wearing contact lenses
Warnings and precautions:
- Do not touch the tube nozzle on the eyelid or any other surface
Use in children and older people
There are no age restrictions for using this eye ointment.
Other medicines and Simple Eye Ointment
There are no known interactions between Simple Eye Ointment and other medicines. This ointment may be used during treatment with other medicines.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Simple Eye Ointment is suitable for use during pregnancy and breast-feeding.
Driving and using machines
Your vision will become blurred for a short time (5-10 minutes) after using the ointment, and you should wait until you can see clearly again before driving or using machines.
Simple Eye Ointment contains lanolin (wool fat)
Lanolin (wool fat) may cause local skin reactions (e.g. contact dermatitis).
3. How to use Simple Eye Ointment
Always use Simple Eye Ointment exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Instructions for use
- Before opening a new tube of Simple Eye Ointment, please check that the safety strip on the cap of the tube is unbroken
- Wash your hands before and after applying the ointment. It is important to keep the eye clean
- Sit down in front of a mirror so that you can see what you are doing
- Gently pull down the lower eyelid and carefully squeeze a ribbon of ointment about half an inch (1 centimetre) in the gap between the lower eyelid and the eye
- Try not to let the tip of the tube touch any part of the eye. Now release the lower lid
- After you have used the ointment replace the cap on the tube
- Repeat the application each morning and night, or as directed by your doctor
If you use more Simple Eye Ointment than you should
It will not cause you any harm. If you are worried then talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
If you forget to use Simple Eye Ointment
Use it as soon as you remember and keep on as before.
If you accidentally swallow Simple Eye Ointment
If you feel unwell, contact your doctor, taking the tube or carton with you.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, Simple Eye Ointment can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Possible side effects:
Blurred vision (for a short time (5-10 minutes) after using the ointment)
Reporting of side effects:
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store. By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
5. How to store Simple Eye
- Keep out of the sight and reach of children.
- Do not use the ointment after the expiry date which is printed on the carton and the crimp seal of the tube. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
- Do not store above 25°C.
- Discard 28 days after first opening. PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT
Simple Eye Ointment
(yellow soft paraffin/liquid
paraffin/wool fat)
Simple Eye Ointment
Package leaflet
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To get this information in large print or another format, please email medical.information@tillomed.com or call 0800 970 6115.
- Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help protect the environment.
6. Contents of the pack and other information
What Simple Eye Ointment contains
The ingredients are yellow soft paraffin 80%w/w, liquid paraffin 10%w/w and wool fat (lanolin) 10%w/w.
What Simple Eye Ointment looks like and contents of the pack
Each tube contains 4 grams of sterile eye ointment. The product is sterile until the seal on the tube is broken. The straw-coloured ointment is see-through.
Marketing Authorisation Holder:
Tillomed Laboratories Limited
220 Butterfield, Great Marlings
Luton, LU2 8DL, United Kingdom
Manufacturer:
Tillomed Laboratories Limited
220 Butterfield, Great Marlings
Luton, LU2 8DL, United Kingdom
Montavit GmbH.
A-6060
Absam
Austria
Product Licence Number
PL 11311/0533
This leaflet was revised in June 2025