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Abstract #52627 Published in IGR 15-1

Pleiotropic effects in local drug treatment for glaucoma

Erb C
Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde 2013; 230: 141-145


In glaucoma treatment, beside the traditional reduction of intraocular pressure, additional therapeutic strategies have come into consideration. Therefore pleiotropic effects of medications, defined as positively acting effects independent of the main mechanism of action, represent a new research sub-field in medical therapy and play an increasingly important role in internal medicine. Using the example of local beta-blockers, alpha-2-agonists, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and prostaglandin analogues, their pleiotropic spectra will be shown and discussed.

Augenklinik am Wittenbergplatz, Kleiststraße 23–26, Berlin. glaukom.berlin@yahoo.de

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11.1 General management, indication (Part of: 11 Medical treatment)



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