Timolol maleate: side effects on healthy nonglaucomatous volunteers.
As the number of military pilots over the age of 40 increases, open-angle glaucoma becomes an important aeromedical problem. Epinephrine ophthalmic solution is the only antiglaucomatotic agent in use among flying personnel. Timolol maleate, a new antiglaucomatotic agent, is a nonselective beta-blocker. This drug has a potent hypotensive effect on intraocular pressure with a minimal effect on visual functions. Our data show that it significantly decreases the pulse rate and may eventually be a basis for cardiac dysrythmias.
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D013999:Timolol / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011412:Propanolamines; D013999:Timolol