is zioptan for glaucoma safe to take? why do glaucoma meds stop working after a while?

Question

What meds can I take to stop the pain in my eyes I have glaucoma. Otc meds?

Answer 1

Zioptan is safe: Zioptan is another addition to a successful class of antiglaucoma medications with a very favorable safety profile. Most anti-glaucoma medications lose effectiveness because of the progression of the underlying disease. Probably in some cases it is due to some degree of resistance to the medication but this is a less likely cause. Regular checkups are mandatory.

Answer 2

Safe: Zioptin is safe, as long as you do not have an allergy to any of the components in the drop. Drops and their affects can become less with long term use, this typically only happens with beta blocker drops. It is possible the pressure became more difficult to control due to the underlying cause, instead of the drops not working.

Answer 3

Yes: The purpose of treatment is to save the optical nerve from damage and to normalize the pressure inside the eye. This can be done mostly by surgery.

Answer 4

No: The answer depends on how you define curable. We don't eliminate glaucoma with today's therapies, and we currently cannot restore vision that is permanently lost due to glaucomatous damage. However, we lower the intraocular pressure through medications, laser, or surgery in order to slow down or halt the rate of glaucoma progression so that you can outlive losing your sight.

Answer 5

Usually controllable: Most types of glaucoma have no symptoms in the early stages, and are not curable in the usual sense that treatment is required for a short time and can then be stopped. Most cases can be controlled with medications, usually eyedrops, and sometimes laser treatment or surgery. Some types of glaucoma can be "cured" with a single laser treatment, but those patients require ongoing monitoring too.

Answer 6

Controllable: Glaucoma is treatable, not really curable - like high blood pressure. Treatments include topical medications, oral medications, laser treatments or surgical procedures. Constant monitoring is required to ensure the condition is controlled adequately and that is does not progress.

Answer 7

Optic nerve damage: Glaucoma is an eye disorder in which the optic nerve suffers damage, permanently damaging vision in the affected eye(s) and progressing to complete blindness if untreated. It is often, but not always, associated with increased pressure of the fluid in the eye.

Answer 8

Ongoing nerve damage: Group of eye diseases characterized by progressive damage to the optic nerve, typically with an eye pressure too high for the given eye, leading to slow visual loss over time. At end stage disease, all patients have a "cupped" out nerve due to degeneration of the retinal nerve fiber layer with corresponding loss of visual field.

Answer 9

Eye examination: Screening for glaucoma is usually performed as part of a standard eye examination performed by ophthalmologists and optometrists. Testing for glaucoma should include measurements of the intraocular pressure via tonometry, changes in size or shape of the eye, anterior chamber angle examination or gonioscopy, and examination of the optic nerve to look for any visible damage to it.

Answer 10

Eye exam and testing: Usually a glaucoma evaluation is triggered when the optic nerve appears large, the eye pressure is measured high, the peripheral vision is diminished, or the front part of the eye appears narrow. At that point a full glaucoma workup is performed including imaging of the optic nerves and visual fields to confirm progressive damage.

Answer 11

Yes: Yes there is a genetic component (small percentage of the total), but the disease is still, for the most part, multifactorial. Thus genetic testing is not common since not all the genes for glaucoma have been identified yet. Glaucoma genetic studies are ongoing, including mapping out the phenotype.

Answer 12

Not necessarily: Glaucoma is a diseae that leads to damage of the optic nerve. This in turn causes decreased peripheral vision, and can lead to total vision loss if untreated. Glaucoma has been found to run in families, and to be more common in certain ethnicities. Also, some "glaucoma" genes have been identified. Nonetheless, the majority of cases of glaucoma are not known to be inherited.

Answer 13

Can be: Glaucoma genes have been discovered and can be inherited

Answer 14

Some are: There are many different types of glaucoma, some caused secondarily through trauma or other diseases. But there are some type of glaucoma where genetics are involved but not 100%. In other words just because your parents have it doesn't mean you have to get it. However, risk is certainly higher....

Answer 15

Not always!: In most cases glaucoma is inherited!

Answer 16

Frequently: Yes, glaucoma is frequently inherited, especially the more common types like open angle glaucoma. There are, however, many cases that are not inherited. In addition, all secondary glaucomas are not inherited (i.e. After trauma, iritis, neovascular).I practice in the mississippi delta where both blacks and whites have a much higher rate of glaucoma than the rest of the country. Many are inherited.

Answer 17

Mostly unknown: A few cases of glaucoma occur due to trauma, inherited problems and anatomical underpinnings. The majority - 'open angle glaucoma'- is largely age related with no known cause.

Answer 18

Genetics and age: The two largest factors contributing to the development of glaucoma are age and genetics. Other than that, trauma, steroid usage, anatomical conditions (narrow angles, pseudoexfoliation syndrome, pigmentary dispersion syndrome of the iris, cataracts), prior surgery, can all cause glaucoma. The underlying cause of glaucoma is to much pressure on the optic nerve causing it to die off.

Answer 19

Pressure imbalance: Ultimately, glaucoma is a pressure imbalance where the pressure inside the eye is too high for the eye, leading to nerve damage. Pressure is an equilibrium of fluid being made in the eye and fluid flowing out of the eye. Treatments for glaucoma either decrease fluid production, increase fluid outflow, or increase the effective space within the eye.

Answer 20

Usually elevated IOP: Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy that is associated with several risk factors including elevated intraocular pressure, a thin cornea, family history, increased optic nerve cupping, myopia and being African American . It is not always associated with elevated intraocular pressure. Normal tension glaucoma results in similar optic nerve pathology with normal eye pressure. Treatment is lowering the IOP

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