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Dorzolamide/timolol, sold under the brand name Cosopt among others, is a medication used to treat high pressure inside the eye including glaucoma. [3] [5] [6] It is a combination of dorzolamide hydrochloride and timolol maleate. [3] It may be used when a beta blocker, like timolol, is not sufficient alone. [7] It is used as an eye drop. [3]
Timolol is a beta blocker medication used either by mouth or as eye drops. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] As eye drops it is used to treat increased pressure inside the eye such as in ocular hypertension and glaucoma . [ 3 ]
Side effects in less than 10% of people include other eye problems such as itching, foreign body sensation or dry eye, as headache or hyperpigmentation (darkening) of the skin around the eye. [4] Hyperpigmentation is an adverse effect of bimatoprost, [5] while the others are fairly common for eye drops in general.
Dorzolamide, sold under the brand name Trusopt among others, is a medication used to treat high pressure inside the eye, including in cases of glaucoma. [3] It is used as an eye drop. [3] Effects begin within three hours and last for at least eight hours. [3] It is also available as the combination dorzolamide/timolol. [3] [4]
Brimonidine/timolol, sold under the brand name Combigan among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication eye drop used for the treatment of glaucoma. [1] It is a combination of brimonidine (an α 2 adrenergic agonist ) and timolol (a β adrenergic blocker ).
Download QR code; Print/export ... Travoprost/timolol, sold under the brand name Duotrav among others, ... Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Dosage IOP decrease Side effects Prostaglandin analogs: Latanoprost: Xalatan: Increased USO (uveoscleral outflow ) Once daily: 25-32%: pigmentation of eyelashes, eyelid skin pigmentation, hyperemia (red eye), flu-like symptoms (joint/muscle pain and headache) Bimatoprost: Lumigan: Increased USO (uveoscleral outflow ) Once daily
Figure 1.0 - Basic anatomical features of the human eye. Ophthalmic drug administration is the administration of a drug to the eyes, most typically as an eye drop formulation. Topical formulations are used to combat a multitude of diseased states of the eye. These states may include bacterial infections, eye injury, glaucoma, and dry eye. [1]