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Article: Data on glaucoma published by M. Iskedjian and colleagues.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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"The prevalence of open angle glaucoma increases with age, with many patients also receiving medications for non-ocular systemic diseases. Little is known about how systemic medications impact on the need for adjunctive therapy with prostaglandin analogues (PGA)," scientists writing in the journal Current Medical Research and Opinion report (see also Glaucoma).
"To evaluate whether systemic medications for hypertension, cholesterol, or glucose influence the need for adjunctive intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering medications in patients using PGAs. Pharmaceutical records from the Quebec prescription database provided a sample of patients receiving prescriptions ...