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CPD module: Glaucoma

Glaucoma overview
Ocular hypertension
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module menu icon Topical medications used in OHT and/or glaucoma

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module menu icon Topical medications used in OHT and/or glaucoma

The NICE guideline on glaucoma and OHT generally refers to drug classes rather than specific medicines.25

  • ·       Prostaglandin analogues – latanoprost, tafluprost, travoprost, or bimatoprost

  • ·       Beta-blockers – betaxolol, levobunolol hydrochloride, timolol maleate

  • ·       Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors – brinzolamide, dorzolamide

  • ·       Sympathomimetics – apraclonidine* or brimonidine tartrate

  • ·       Miotic – pilocarpine*

* use may be unlicensed eg if for OHT

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