New drugs in glaucoma therapy.
The balance between surgery and medical therapy in glaucoma management has changed significantly in recent years. This can be traced primarily to the availability of several new therapeutic agents. This article takes a more detailed look at the prostaglandin analogues latanoprost and travoprost and the prostamide bimatoprost.
Cunliffe
Ian
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Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust, Solihull Hospital, Solihull, West Midlands B91 2JL.
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011453:Prostaglandins