BIMATOPROST vs TIMOLOL MALEATE

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