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2. Overview of common vision problems and medications - AOL

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   Medication is not always necessary or the best choice for treating a vision problem, ... (Isopto Carpine): Like many glaucoma medications, these help to increase the outflow of fluid from the eyes ...

3. 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.

4. Netarsudil - Wikipedia

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   Netarsudil, sold under the brand name Rhopressa among others, is a medication for the treatment of glaucoma. [1] [2] [3] In the United States, in December 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a 0.02% ophthalmic solution for the lowering of elevated intraocular pressure in people with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

5. 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 ...

6. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor - Wikipedia

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   Acetazolamide is an inhibitor of carbonic anhydrase.It is used for glaucoma, epilepsy (rarely), idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and altitude sickness. For the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP), acetazolamide inactivates carbonic anhydrase and interferes with the sodium pump, which decreases aqueous humor formation and thus lowers IOP.

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]