Chronic open-angle glaucoma. Review for primary care physicians.

FA Adatia, KF Damji - Canadian family physician, 2005 - cfp.ca
INTRODUCTION Chronic open-angle glaucoma (COAG) is a leading cause of irreversible
blindness worldwide, including in Canada. It presents a challenge in diagnosis, as disease …

Glaucoma therapy: preservative-free for all?

J Thygesen - Clinical Ophthalmology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Preservatives used in topical glaucoma medications have a plethora of well-described toxic
effects on the ocular surface. Such ocular toxicity is manifest clinically as ocular surface …

Preservative use in topical glaucoma medications

CS Tressler, R Beatty, MA Lemp - The ocular surface, 2011 - Elsevier
Benzalkonium chloride (BAK) is the principal preservative employed in topical ocular
hypotensive medications, although alternative compounds recently have begun to be …