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ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2014

A 4-year retrospective study of add-on therapy to the fixed combination of dorzolamide/timolol for the treatment of POAG.

Curt Hartleben-Matkin, Diddier Prada, Rafael Mancilla-Vences

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Article in International journal of ophthalmology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Curt Hartleben-MatkinGlaucoma Service, Instituto de Oftalmología Fundación Conde de Valenciana, Mexico City 06800, Mexico.
Diddier PradaUnidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de México, México City 14080, Mexico ; Departamento de Informática Biomédica, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México City 04510, México ; Laboratory of Environmental Epigenetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Rafael Mancilla-VencesGlaucoma Service, Instituto de Oftalmología Fundación Conde de Valenciana, Mexico City 06800, Mexico.
Ocular Proteomics (United States) · USInstituto Nacional de Cancerología · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo evaluate the long-term response to the fixed combination of dorzolamide/timolol in patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and the addition of other intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering medications such as prostaglandin analogs and brimonidine.

methodsA retrospective, non-randomized, and descriptive clinical study was performed with 182 eyes diagnosed with POAG. Patients were divided into three groups: a group with fixed combination of dorzolamide/timolol only, a second group with prostaglandin analogs plus fixed combination of dorzolamide/timolol, and a third group with the addition of brimonidine to the same fixed combination. IOP data were gathered retrospectively and the differences between groups were calculated.

resultsIOP was reduced satisfactorily in all three groups; however, a progressive IOP reduction was noted in the group with the fixed combination plus prostaglandin analogs. In this group, a progressive, significant and more homogeneous response of the reduction was noted in comparison with the other groups.

conclusionIOP reduction was efficacious in all three groups. The addition of prostaglandin analogs showed progressive IOP reduction, progressive response and absence of long-term drift. Brimonidine did not show a significant additive effect.

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brimonidineCosopt®dorzolamide/timololfixed combinationglaucomaprostaglandin analogs

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PMID24790880
PMCPMC4003092
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