dinoprost and dipivefrin

Latanoprost became the first line therapeutic agent in glaucoma treatment being the best sold worldwide anti-glaucoma medication. When adequate intraocular pressure decrease can not be achieved with latanoprost monotherapy, then its combinations are to be used. Latanoprost combinations are grouped in to non-fixed and fixed variants. Non-fixed combinations mean concomitant therapy,that is giving the two or more medications using different bottles. The medications used for latanoprost non-fixed combinations are represented by timolol 0.5%, pilocarpine 2%, acetazolamide dispensed systemically and locally, dipivefrin 0.1%, unoprostone 0.12% and brimonidine 0.2%. Fixed combinations mean administering the two mixed medications using one single bottle. At the present time there is only one fixed combination of latanoprost i.e. its combination with timolol 0.5% whose trading name is Xalcom.

Topics: Acetazolamide; Administration, Topical; Antihypertensive Agents; Brimonidine Tartrate; Dinoprost; Drug Combinations; Drug Therapy, Combination; Epinephrine; Glaucoma, Open-Angle; Humans; Intraocular Pressure; Latanoprost; Ocular Hypertension; Ophthalmic Solutions; Pilocarpine; Prostaglandins F, Synthetic; Quinoxalines; Timolol

Topics: Dinoprost; Epinephrine; Exfoliation Syndrome; Humans; Iris; Laser Therapy; Miotics; Retinal Detachment