title: Clinical pharmacology of bimatoprost.
abstract: Bimatoprost (Lumigan), Allergan) is a highly efficacious ocular hypotensive agent that provides good diurnal control of intraocular pressure in glaucoma and ocular hypertensive patients. Bimatoprost is a synthetic molecule that is structurally and pharmacologically similar to prostamide F(2), and appears to mimic the activity of the prostamides. Consistent with prostamide-mimetic activity, bimatoprost has potent inherent pharmacological activity in prostamide-sensitive preparations and essentially remains intact in the living primate eye. This is sufficient to explain its potent and efficacious ocular hypotensive activity, and suggests that bimatoprost is a pharmacologically unique compound.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Louis B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Cantor
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000069580:Bimatoprost; D003008:Cloprostenol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D008055:Lipids; D003008:Cloprostenol; D000069580:Bimatoprost