There is data on various medications effect on
IOP.  I would like to see data on the effectiveness
of various medications on actually controlling glaucoma.
Is there such data?

Hi, all,
My internist is suggesting I switch from Allegra-D pills to Nasonex
nasal spray to treat my allergies because of dry-mouth problems.
However, I'm concerned because it's a corticosteroid.

It has been suggested that determing whether
marijuana could be effective as a glaucoma
medication would be a long process.
It seems to me that it would not be all that

In the early 90s an opthomologist diagnosed glaucoma (left IOP of 26) and
told me I could be blind in 8 years. I was given samples of a drug (name
unremembered) which I was supposed to put in my eyes for the rest of my
life. Given the warnings about possible heart muscle ...

Would taking Avandia and a diuretic automatically preclude taking Ginkgo
Biloba for a NTG patient seeking remedies other than surgery (already on
Xalatan, Alphagan and Cosopt)?

Dr.  Cohn,
I live in southwestern Ohio, near Dayton.
I have been seeing an opthalmologist, but have no idea if he is really all
that good.  I am trying to figure out if I should I get a second Dx or just

Any words of wisdom on blockers as a possible cause Bradycardia? I have
been using drops for 34 years for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma,
including timolol (alone and in cosopt). My heart rate has been
gradually slowing up over the years and is presently as low as 45 beats

I wonder what the newest glaucoma medications might be. I am familiar
with Alphagan, AlphaganP, Travatan, Lumigan, Cosopt and the older
Timoptic, Pilocarpine, but wonder if there are any more recent ones
that have been helpful with POAG.

Maybe I'm just a cynic.
The recently announced study showing that Xalatan used weekly was as
effective as when used daily makes me wonder whether Pharmacia (the company
that makes it) knew this all along.  That's why the refrigeration, the

Have been using this product for four years upon refilling today my
Pharmacist advised me that once the container is opened the contents
should only be used for thirty days. one container has lasted me three
months, using one drop a day along with cosopt.Are other users of this

MRI machine operators usually question people closely about
possible metal fragments remaining in eyes after accidents;
presumably because MRI can move these metal fragments around.
Wouldn't the same apply to the metal plates installed in "shunt"

I wonder what someone, especially one of the pros, might think of a
person with a POAG history who was awakened at 3 a.m. with fairly
severe pain in an eye. Pressure a couple of weeks ago was 15 with
CoSopt and Xalatan, and exam had shown angles "wide open." After

I am going to have a "tonometric" or "diurnal curve" done, that is, my eye
pressure will be measured repeatedly during the day every hour from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. I am a bit worried: won't so many measurements hurt my eyes? I had
an episode of corneal abrasion about fifteen years ago ...