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January 1, 2024
Topical beta-blockers decrease aqueous humor formation (AHF) 1, 2 and are used long term in the therapy of the chronic open-angle glaucomas and short term for various acute glaucomas. The introduction of the topical beta-blocker timolol in 1978 ...
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January 1, 2024
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) have been used for glaucoma therapy since 1954, following the description of their efficacy by Becker 1 and Grant et al. 2 Despite the fact that these agents reduce intraocular pressure (IOP), thei ...
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January 1, 2024
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) can be useful in the treatment of all the glaucomas by virtue of their ability to reduce aqueous secretion and thus lower intraocular pressure (IOP) 1 regardless of the nature or extent of obstruction to outflow. Their ...
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January 1, 2024
Miotics, or more appropriately termed muscarinic (cho-linergic-acting) agonists, have been used in the treatment of the glaucomas for more than 100 years. This is the first class of medications used to treat glaucoma, and they remain an important glaucoma ...
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January 1, 2024
Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitors have been broadly investigated over the past 15 years as potential agents for the treatment of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) secondary to primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). 1, 2 Preclinical ...
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Once thought to be an unusual form of open-angle glaucoma primarily associated with Scandinavian ancestry, we now know that exfoliation (or pseudoexfoliation) glaucoma constitutes a significant portion of most glaucoma practices in the world. This is an ag ...
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The patient with acutely elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is usually symptomatic, whereas IOP that has gradually increased, even to relatively high levels, usually does not produce symptoms. Common symptoms from acutely elevated IOP include headache, us ...
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January 1, 2015
Early postoperative pressure increases following trabeculectomy surgery can occur from many causes. Careful examination, including slit lamp, gonioscopy, and funduscopy, can help discern the etiology of the pressure elevation. Many of the conditions can be ...
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January 1, 2013
While the many skeletal, auditory, dental and other anomalies in osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) have been well documented in the medical literature, the eye and the visual system are also commonly affected in patients with OI. As type I collagen fibers are a ...
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