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2. Glaucoma medication - Wikipedia

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   Glaucoma medication is divided into groups based on chemical structure and pharmacologic action. The goal of currently available glaucoma therapy is to preserve visual function by lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients that have an increased intraocular pressure.

3. Overview of common vision problems and medications - AOL

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   Glaucoma Medication. Glaucoma damages the optic nerve, generally due to abnormally high pressure in the eye. Unfortunately, this damage can sometimes be so gradual that it is hard to notice. Once ...

4. Glaucoma - Wikipedia

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   It is associated with old age, a family history of glaucoma, and certain medical conditions or the use of some medications. [6] The word glaucoma comes from the Ancient Greek word γλαυκός (glaukós), meaning 'gleaming, blue-green, gray'. Of the different types of glaucoma, the most common are called open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle ...

5. Acetazolamide - Wikipedia

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   Acetazolamide, sold under the trade name Diamox among others, is a medication used to treat glaucoma, epilepsy, acute mountain sickness, periodic paralysis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (raised brain pressure of unclear cause), heart failure and to alkalinize urine.

6. Physostigmine - Wikipedia

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   Physostigmine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, can be used to treat glaucoma and delayed gastric emptying.Because it enhances the transmission of acetylcholine signals in the brain and can cross the blood–brain barrier, physostigmine salicylate is used to treat anticholinergic poisoning (that is, poisoning by substances that interfere with the transmission of acetylcholine signaling, such ...

7. Brimonidine - Wikipedia

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   Brimonidine is an α 2 agonist medication used to treat open-angle glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and rosacea. [4] [5] In rosacea it improves the redness. [5] It is used as eye drops or applied to the skin. [4] [5] It is also available in the fixed-dose combination medication brimonidine/timolol along with timolol maleate. [6]