My mother asked me to find some information about the above mentioned.
She suffers from glaucomia and has to use azopt drops. But she is
allergic to brinzolamide or benzalkoniumchloride. She is wondering if
that allergy could cause any damage to her eye. Especially in the case

i am new to this group and I have a question that if anyone has any
experience or knowledge on, I would sure appreciate any help.  My right
eye has a high internal pressure caused by being hit by a rock at close
range, about five weeks ago. While the pain and swelling has eased a

Looks like they have an ophthalmologist - glaucoma specialist, Dr. Neil
Choplin, answering questions (for free) about glaucoma.  Seems to have
good credentials if you Google him. Anyone know him?

I am taking Xalatan right now, my IOP being around 17 on both eyes.
They were around 20 before treatment. There is some damage in my left
eye, while there is none on the right. Visual field shows marginal
according to the doc. (ie. almost no defect). I am 40 years old.

Does anybody else out there who uses Travatan
get dark circles under their eyes?  Is this a common
side effect of Travatan?
Thanks

I started using glucosamine for joint pain that I thought was caused by
my Lumigan eyedrops. After using glucosamine for 6 months my pain
disappeared and my eye pressure dropped from 27 to 18.
In this newsgroup I found a posting of May 5,1999 by Dr. Robert Ritch: