Understanding Glaucoma Medications (cont.)
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Medical Treatment of Glaucoma
Treatment is designed to reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) by reducing production or increasing outflow of aqueous humor. Depending on the type of glaucoma, medications or surgery are used. Intraocular pressure can usually be lowered using different medications in eyedrop, oral, or injectable forms.
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While any type of glaucoma can be unilateral, primary open-angle glaucoma, primary angle-closure glaucoma, primary infantile glaucoma, juvenile-onset glaucoma, and pigmentary glaucoma are generally bilateral diseases, the severity of which may be asymmetric in the two eyes.
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