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What medicines can be prescribed in place of travatan for glaucoma?
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Options: There are several classes of medications to consider for the treatment. Depending on your health, other than the prostaglandin analogue class(travatan, others), alpha agonists(brimonidine), beta antagonists(timolol, others), carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (dorzolamide, others), parasympathomimetics(pilocarpine, others), & hyperosmotics(not used by patient). Also, laser treatment is a consideration
Answered 5/18/2016
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