Ocular side effects of antiglaucoma drugs

Ocular side-effects of drugs.

The eye may manifest side-effects from a wide variety of drugs used in the treatment of diseases of all systems of the body. Some of these side-effects, though undesirable, have to be accepted as unavoidable. The discovery of serious ocular defects arising in association with the long-term use in high dosage of such drugs as the antimalarials, the phenothiazines, and the steroid hormones has in...

The Effects of Topical Antiglaucoma Drugs as Monotherapy on the Ocular Surface: A Prospective Study

Purpose. The aim was to compare the effects of antiglaucoma eye drops on the tear functions and ocular surface. Method. Eighty-five eyes of 43 patients with glaucoma were included into this randomized prospective study. Timolol without preservative (1), timolol with benzododecinium bromide (2), latanoprost (3), bimatoprost (4), travoprost with benzalkonium chloride (5), and brimonidine with pur...

Side effects of drugs.

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Side Effects of Drugs

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