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
beta-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 …

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
… of patients with glaucoma is older … glaucoma therapy, unless they are specifically asked
about "eye medication." When this is the case, systemic symptoms produced by topical β-blockers

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

SA Wigginton, EJ Higginbotham - Survey of Ophthalmology, 2002 - surveyophthalmol.com
… With over 20 years of experience with topical betablockers, most ophthalmologists … -line
therapy for the medical management of glaucoma. 3 There are many reasons why beta-blockers

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

D Sambhara, AA Aref - Therapeutic advances in chronic …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
… proven therapeutic intervention for glaucomatousglaucoma. Prostaglandin analogs
are the most efficacious topical agents and carry a remarkable safety profile. Topical beta-blockers, …

Primary drug treatment for glaucoma: beta-blockers versus other medications

RL Stamper - Survey of Ophthalmology, 2002 - surveyophthalmol.com
glaucoma. The purpose of this article is to review the medical therapeutic choices for treating
chronic glaucoma … and others who treat glaucoma individualize initial therapy to suit the …

[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
glaucoma, known as primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), explore the rationale for new
therapies … These may replace or be added to beta-blocker or prostaglandin analogue therapy

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

R Sharma, N Shastri, P Sadhotra - JK Sci, 2007 - Citeseer
therapy of glaucoma, as topical β-blockers have been shown to qualitatively mirror the effects
of oral b blockers … in serum lipids as a result of glaucoma therapy can increase the risk of …

Changing therapeutic paradigms in glaucoma management

R David - Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
… In recent years, accumulating evidence of pressure-independent causes of glaucomatous
An innovative therapeutic approach is now emerging to prevent progression of glaucomatous

Systemic effects of medications used to treat glaucoma

DE Everitt, J Avorn - Annals of internal medicine, 1990 - acpjournals.org
… by which beta-blockers reduce intraocular pressure is not well understood, although betablockers
are thought to decrease the production of aqueous humor in the eye through beta-2 …