They discovered that drugs known as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors—of which the glaucoma drug methazolamide is one—clear tau build-up and reduce signs of the disease in zebrafish and mice ...

They found that a class of drugs called ... disease in zebrafish. The list of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors includes methazolamide, which is used to treat open angle glaucoma and acute angle ...

These 2 groups may be more open to alternative therapies from being exposed to a greater population of people from a wide range of backgrounds bringing their cultural beliefs to their glaucoma ...

Topical medications remain the cornerstone of treatment for ocular diseases including infections, uveitic diseases, ocular hypertension and glaucoma, among others. Patients are often exposed to a ...

There have been numerous recent advances in the management of glaucoma, not least the development of new drugs to help manage raised intraocular pressure. In addition, the concepts of improving ...

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that cause slow, progressive damage to the optic nerve in the back of the eye, says Schultz. This growing damage is due to unsafe fluid buildup that causes ...

Zebrafish provide a much more effective and realistic way of screening drug compounds than using cell cultures, which function quite differently to living organisms ...

Narrow angle glaucoma treatment must begin immediately. Once officially diagnosed, topical glaucoma eye drops are instilled in an attempt to lower the pressure as quickly as possible. Many times, an ...

Health care and tech innovation go hand in hand. From delivering steady streams of medication to speeding up treatment of ...

Visual field loss in glaucoma occurs more rapidly in patients who have higher blood pressure and more blood pressure variability.