The safety profile of the different glaucoma medications is an important issue when initiating
therapy in glaucomatous patients. The decision on which medication to prescribe depends …

Background: The management of glaucoma has been changed in the past decade by the
introduction of new drugs. The impact of these changes on clinical care of patients was …

I asked the chief tonometrist at the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh to approve
this form for recording intra-ocular pressure before I had it duplicated. She told me that it …

Older drugs for glaucoma reduce intra-ocular pressure, but often have unpleasant adverse
effects. They still have a role in therapy, but there are now newer drugs which overcome …

Methods A postal questionnaire was sent from the general practitioner to 86 patients over 55
years of age on repeat prescriptions for timolol eyedrops. The questionnaire asked details …

Purpose: To study the awareness of the nature of the disease, compliance with treatment,
and prevalence of systemic symptoms in a group of patients with chronic open angle …

AIM To determine the long term efficacy of monotherapy with topically applied β blocking
agents and to determine whether selective β blockers were able to preserve the visual field …

As one entering his second decade in the care of glaucoma patients, and as one involved in
glaucoma research, it seems a reasonable time to ask how effective our therapeutic …

An analysis of the referral routes of Southampton Eye Hospital of 191 patients who had been
diagnosed as having chronic open-angle glaucoma showed that 121 patients (63.4%) were …

Method The patients selected for trial were nine male and six female with an age range of 46
to 74. The patients were admitted to hospital for the trial. Intraocular pressures were …