Glaucoma - pharmacological treatment

Husband, A; Worsley, A

Abstract

Pharmacological treatment for glaucoma is directed at reducing intraocular pressure (IOP), the main risk factor for the disease. This article looks briefly at how IOP is regulated physiologically and outlines the range of drugs currently available to reduce it.

Citation

Husband, A., & Worsley, A. (2005). Glaucoma - pharmacological treatment. Hospital pharmacist (London), 12(7), 255-261

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: Mar 26, 2012
• Journal: The hospital pharmacist.
• Print ISSN: 1352-7967
• Publisher: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 255-261
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1501637
• Publisher URL: http://www.pjonline.com/cpd/glaucoma_%E2%80%94_pharmacological_treatment