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Effects of antiglaucoma drugs on ocular blood flow in ocular hypertensive rabbits
Author(s) -
Hong ShowJen,
Chiou George C. Y.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
drug development research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1098-2299
pISSN - 0272-4391
DOI - 10.1002/ddr.430290405
Subject(s) - timolol , medicine , pulsatile flow , pilocarpine , intraocular pressure , blood flow , betaxolol , glaucoma , latanoprost , metoprolol , blood pressure , ocular hypertension , ophthalmology , epinephrine , dorzolamide , anesthesia , psychiatry , epilepsy
In search of antiglaucoma agents which can increase the ocular blood flow and effectively lower the intraocular pressure (IOP), numerous antiglaucoma drugs were investigated to determine their ability to increase the ocular pulsatile blood flow in ocular hypertensive rabbits with the intraocular pressure artificially raised to 40 mmHg. It was found that various antiglaucoma drugs increased ocular pulsatile flow; these included (with percent increase) ethoxzolamine (36–56%), pilocarpine (65%), physostigmine (43–83%), echothiophate (23–62%), timolol (28–42%), levobunolol (37–55%), betaxolol (35%), and epinephrine (61%). Metipranolol, metoprolol, and clonidine had no effect on pulsatile blood flow. These results indicate that most antiglaucoma drugs, with the exception of a few, can enhance the ocular pulsatile blood flow in ocular hypertensive rabbits. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.