Pharmacological therapy for glaucoma: a review

PFJ Hoyng, LM van Beek - Drugs, 2000 - Springer
… For some time the medical treatment of glaucoma has consisted of topical β-blockers, …
However, the therapeutic arsenal available for the medical treatment of glaucoma has recently …

Is the medication used to achieve the target intraocular pressure in glaucoma therapy of relevance?–an exemplary analysis on the basis of two beta-blockers

MC Grieshaber, J Flammer - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2010 - Elsevier
blockers, betaxolol and timolol, whether the amount of IOP reduction is truly a good surrogate
for successful glaucoma therapy … for successful treatment in glaucoma not only the amount …

[PDF][PDF] β-Blockers as glaucoma therapy

R Sharma, N Shastri, P Sadhotra - JK Sci, 2007 - Citeseer
… the therapeutic benefits of these drugs ; as seen with the use of diuretics and β-blockers in
… effect of ocular β-blockers may influence the choice of the glaucoma therapy, especially in …

II. Choosing beta-blockers for initial medical therapy for glaucoma

SA Wigginton, EJ Higginbotham - Survey of Ophthalmology, 2002 - surveyophthalmol.com
… The most important factor affecting the success of glaucoma therapy is compliance. Using
more than two medications would be difficult to manage even for young patients, let alone …

[PDF][PDF] Current management of glaucoma and the need for complete therapy

SJ McKinnon, LD Goldberg, P Peeples, JG Walt… - Am J Manag Care, 2008 - aoa.org
… Memantine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blocker currently approved for dementia, is
the neuroprotectant farthest along in the process seeking regulatory approval for glaucoma

Effects of long-term hypotensive therapy with nonselective beta-blockers on ocular hemodynamics in primary open-angle glaucoma

DW Evans, A Harris, HS Chung, LB Cantor… - … of glaucoma, 1999 - journals.lww.com
… in the progression of glaucoma. but the impact of long-term beta blocker therapy on ocular
glaucoma (POAG) before and during long-term treatment with a nonselective topical beta …

β-Blocker–induced complications and the patient with glaucoma: newer treatments to help reduce systemic adverse events

WC Stewart, PM Garrison - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
… topical β-blocker therapy. The purpose of this review is to discuss the clinical adverse events
… with topical β-blockers and to provide information regarding newer glaucoma products and …

Glaucoma management: relative value and place in therapy of available drug treatments

D Sambhara, AA Aref - Therapeutic advances in chronic …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Glaucomatous individuals are often elderly and may be … and treated with systemic beta-blocker
therapy. The efficacy of topical … in glaucoma patients on concurrent systemic beta-blocker

Medical therapy for glaucoma: A review

RJ Casson - Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… In this review, I discuss current and emerging medical therapies for glaucoma and their …
rapidly developed as a therapeutic agent for glaucoma. The β-blockers are known as aqueous …

Effects of systemic β-blocker therapy on the efficacy and safety of topical brimonidine and timolol

JS Schuman - Ophthalmology, 2000 - Elsevier
… be a more appropriate first-line therapy for ocular hypertension and glaucoma patients
concurrently taking systemic β-blockers. Current glaucoma therapy is based on the lowering of …