Glaucoma Treatment

  Glaucoma is a blinding eye disease that poses a serious threat to human vision. The main treatment options for glaucoma are medication, laser treatment and surgery.  Medications for glaucoma include topical and systemic medications. Topical medications include: timolol eye drops and carteolol eye drops, which are adrenergic receptor blockers that lower IOP mainly by inhibiting atrial aqueous production; brinzolamide eye drops, which are carbonic anhydrase inhibitors that lower IOP mainly by reducing atrial aqueous production; travoprost eye drops and latanoprost eye drops, which are prostaglandin derivatives that lower IOP mainly by increasing atrial aqueous They are mainly used to reduce IOP by increasing the outflow channels of atrial fluid; and trichostatin and latanoprost eye drops, which are pupil constricting agents, are used to reduce IOP by opening the outflow channels of atrial fluid. Systemic medications include oral and systemic drops. Oral medications include acetazolamide tablets and acetazolamide tablets, and systemic drops include mannitol. If the effect of medication is not satisfactory, laser treatment or surgery can be used.  The common laser treatments for glaucoma are perirhinal laser dissection, trabeculotomy, and atrial angioplasty. Commonly used surgical treatments are trabeculectomy, drainage valve implantation, ciliary condensation, and photocoagulation.