title: Ocular hypotensive medications for the treatment of glaucoma.
abstract: The past 10 years have seen dramatic changes in the pharmacologic treatment of glaucoma. The treatment of glaucoma has changed from surgical to primarily medical. These treatments have improved the effectiveness and safety of lowering the intraocular pressure to prevent progressive vision loss and blindness, but no cure for glaucoma or reversal of blindness is available yet. Research is progressing and can hopefully achieve these final goals sometime in the future.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina, Storm Eye Institute, 167 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. leedav@musc.edu
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents