title: Effects of 0.005% latanoprost on optic nerve head and peripapillary retinal blood flow.
abstract: Fifty-two eyes of 26 healthy volunteers were recruited for evaluating the effects of 0.005% latanoprost on optic nerve head (ONH) and peripapillary retinal blood flow. In a randomized double-blind design, one eye received one drop of 0.005% latanoprost and its fellow eye received one drop of a placebo eyedrop. Intraocular pressure (IOP), ONH and peripapillary retinal blood flow were measured with Heidelberg retinal flowmetry (HRF) before, 2 and 24 h after administration of eyedrops. IOP was decreased significantly in latanoprost-treated eyes at 2 and 24 h after administration (p < 0.05). In the volume, flow or velocity of ONH and peripapillary retina, there were no significant changes from the baseline values at 2 and 24 h after latanoprost administration in either latanoprost-treated eyes or their fellow eyes (p > 0.05). No significant differences were found in the measured quantities between latanoprost-treated eyes and their fellow eyes at each time point (p > 0.05). This result may suggest that 0.005% latanoprost in healthy subjects does not have any adverse effect on ONH and peripapillary retinal blood flow.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. gjseong@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000187:drug effects; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D000077338:Latanoprost; D008297:Male; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions / Q000494:pharmacology; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000187:drug effects*; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic; D000077338:Latanoprost