Profiles of glaucoma medication
10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2015.5.16
- VernacularTitle:青光眼的药物治疗概况
- Author:
Yan-Qing, YANG
;
Yan, LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
glaucoma;
optic nerve protection;
drug;
optic nerve;
retina
- From:
International Eye Science
2015;(5):807-809
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
?As a globally recognized irreversible blindness disease, glaucoma can lead to pathological intraocular hypertension, loss of optic ganglion cells and axonal progressive, more and more deep optic cup, and the expanded visual field defect. Various researches show that excitatory amino acid toxicity, oxidative damage, apoptosis, intracellular Ca2+overloading etc. , pathogenic factors are all involved in the occurrence and development of glaucoma. Now, a variety of clinical drugs and operation treatment are applied to control the glaucoma progress. Further more, there are many new drugs and methods in the process of development. This is an article on the current anti-glaucoma drugs.
