SUMMARY: Glaucoma tx Flashcards by Wendy Pitts | Brainscape

Q

Closed-angle?

A

shallow anterior chamber,
dilated iris blocks aq humor outflow

↑ IO pressure = emergency

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Q

Treatment for Glaucoma?

DOC

A

DOC: Latanoprost (prostaglanin)

↑ aq humor outflow

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Q

Treatment for Glaucoma?

2nd

3rd

A

2nd: Timolol, Betaxolol (β block)
↓ synth of aq humor

3rd: Apraclonidine, Brimonidine (⍺2 agonsist)
↑ flow, ↓ synth

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Q

Cholinomimetics (cholinergic agonists)?

A

Pilocarpine

contracts ciliary mm -> ↑ outflow

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