WHO Essential Medicines List Ophthalmological Preparations

Several classes of topical ophthalmic medications are available for treating glaucoma in the United States: beta-adrenergic blockers, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, ophthalmic cholinergic agonists, prostaglandins and sympathomimetics.1,2 Table 1 compares these medication classes. This review focuses on the ophthalmic cholinergic agonists. Three ................
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