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Timolol is a beta blocker medication used either by mouth or as eye drops. [3][5] As eye drops it is used to treat increased pressure inside the eye such as in ocular hypertension and glaucoma. [3] By mouth it is used for high blood pressure, chest pain due to insufficient blood flow to the heart, to prevent further complications after a heart ...
Dorzolamide/timolol. Dorzolamide/timolol, sold under the brand name Cosopt among others, is a medication used to treat high pressure inside the eye including glaucoma. [3][5][6] It is a combination of dorzolamide hydrochloride and timolol maleate. [3] It may be used when a beta blocker, like timolol, is not sufficient alone. [7]
PubChem CID. 11387895. KEGG. D10298. CompTox Dashboard (EPA) DTXSID20915041. Brimonidine/timolol, sold under the brand name Combigan among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication eye drop used for the treatment of glaucoma. [1] It is a combination of brimonidine (an α 2 adrenergic agonist) and timolol (a β adrenergic blocker).
Specialty. Ophthalmology. [edit on Wikidata] Glaucoma medication is divided into groups based on chemical structure and pharmacologic action. The goal of currently available glaucoma therapy is to preserve visual function by lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients that have an increased intraocular pressure.
Dorzolamide, sold under the brand name Trusopt among others, is a medication used to treat high pressure inside the eye, including in cases of glaucoma. [3] It is used as an eye drop. [3] Effects begin within three hours and last for at least eight hours. [3]
Ophthalmic drug administration is the administration of a drug to the eyes, most typically as an eye drop formulation. Topical formulations are used to combat a multitude of diseased states of the eye. These states may include bacterial infections, eye injury, glaucoma, and dry eye. [ 1 ] However, there are many challenges associated with ...
Brimonidine is an α 2 agonist medication used to treat open-angle glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and rosacea. [1][2] In rosacea it improves the redness. [2] It is used as eye drops or applied to the skin. [1][2] Common side effects when used in the eyes include itchiness, redness, and a dry mouth. [1] Common side effects when used on the skin ...
While definitive sites of metabolism have not been firmly established, there are several metabolites worthy of note. N-Desethylbrinzolamide is an active metabolite of the parent compound, and thus exhibits carbonic anhydrase inhibitory activity (largely carbonic anhydrase-I, when in the presence of Brinzolamide) and also accumulates in the erythrocytes.