Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Common side effects include eye discomfort, eye redness, taste changes, and blurry vision. Serious side effects may include allergic reactions and heart failure. Use is not recommended in those with asthma, a sulfonamide allergy, or a slow heart rate. Dorzolamide is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor and timolol is a beta blocker.
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. 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] It is also available as the combination dorzolamide/timolol.
Bimatoprost/timolol. Bimatoprost/timolol, sold under the brand name Ganfort, is a medication for the treatment of certain conditions involving high pressure in the eyes, specifically open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension. [1] [3] It is available as eye drops. [1] [3] It was approved for medical use in the European Union in May 2006.
Phenylephrine is a selective α 1 -adrenergic receptor agonist with minimal to no β-adrenergic receptor agonist activity or induction of norepinephrine release. [5] [8] [15] It causes constriction of both arteries and veins. [12] Phenylephrine was patented in 1933 [16] and came into medical use in 1938. [17]
Midodrine is a vasopressor / antihypotensive agent (it raises the blood pressure). Midodrine was approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996 for the treatment of dysautonomia and orthostatic hypotension. In August 2010, the FDA proposed withdrawing this approval because the manufacturer, Shire plc, failed to ...
Some reports say Ozempic and Mounjaro cause gastroparesis—but clinical trials do not. Doctors explain a potential link between weight loss drugs and stomach paralysis.
The neuropsychiatric side effects of some beta blockers (e.g. sleep disruption, insomnia) may be due to this effect. Some pre-clinical and clinical research suggests that some beta blockers may be beneficial for cancer treatment. However, other studies do not show a correlation between cancer survival and beta blocker usage.