BIMATOPROST vs BRIMONIDINE TARTRATE

Hey all, as the title says, doing some education for non clinical (admin) colleagues for their interest only. They were curious on how medicines are discovered and developed and so put it as part of their professional development plan. Trying to include as many “fun” and out of the box examples as

Hi there! My left eye is diagnosed with glaucoma and I lost nearly 70% of my my vision with that eye. I had already undergone the eye surgery to release the liquid out. The doctor prescribed me to use Brinzolamide eye drops for maintenance (to be applied in both eyes). Using that drug, both my eyes

I am [24M] I was born with Cataract in both eyes and went into surgery to fix it, my eyesight was never good and is categorised as low vision. So around 6 years ago I had retinal detachment in both eyes and unfortunately I totally lost my sight on my left eye and as a consequence of the treatment

**TL;DR:** My mom was misdiagnosed three times with open-angle glaucoma when it was actually angle-closure. Despite maximum topical therapy, IOP is still too high, very narrow angles, and confirmed nerve fiber loss. Fourth doctor recommends lens extraction (clear lens, no cataract, so IOL or intraoc

I am a NZ male, 71 years of age. I have a problem with oily tears and a weeping right eye. My tear ducts have been checked by a consulting eye surgeon and they are fine. I have worn contact lenses since I was 18 for short sightedness. This stabilised my eyesight. More recently before COVID an issue

I am currently in Thailand and just before I went I got Lumigan (0,1% bimatoprost) prescribed because I had elevated eyepressure. I did not have time to get glacoma diagnosed, but had my pressure checked at the optician and the doctor a few days apart with the same results. In Thailand I can get Lum

Has anyone ever did any hair loss solutions/sprays/foams/shampoos with bimatoprost in it? It's so expensive and we had an office ask if we could do it but there was confusion on if the bimatoprost aspect was intended to be 0.01% or 0.03%. So I guess what I'm asking is for any recommendations on the

i’m 20F i have been using a lash serum containing a prostaglandin analogue (latanoprost) for a little over a month and noticed that my right eyelid seems to be drooping. i definitely lost some fat around my eye which i’m not too concerned about but i really don’t want my eyelid drooping like that. o

This post is a little lengthy but thank you to all those who took the time to read and give their opinion. Just a little history before I start: Height: 166cm Weight: 62kg Race: Black Primary Complain: Ocular Hypertension, side effects from drops Medical Issues: Sudden intense knee pain (no diagn

48F Weight - 62 Kg Height - 5 feet Eye drops she use : travoprost,dorzalamide,brimonidine tartrate Tablet : acetazolamide Data from visual field test: GHT - outside normal limits VFI 23% MD -27.01 dB P<0.5% PSD 8.85 dB P<0.5% my mother has glaucoma in left eye with IOP 40 mm of Hg and doc

Hello! Age: 28 Sex: F Height: 5’5 Weight: 135lbs I’m currently taking prednisolone eye drops to control a uveitis flare but was prescribed Dorzolamide to also get my eye pressure under control (steroid responder). At my follow up, my eye pressure is lower than originally but still not low enough so

Maybe twice a year my eyes randomly start hurting. It comes from the upper part of both eyeballs, and feels kinda like a pressure. Along with the pressure I lose vision in the center of my vision field. I can still see general colors but detail is lost. Looks like what happens when you put something