Treatment of ocular hypertension and glaucoma with dopamine antagonists
Abstract
Aqueous humor formation and intraocular pressure in mammals having ocular hypertension or glaucoma may be reduced by topically administering to a hypertensive eye an ophthalmologically acceptable amount of certain dopamine antagonists or acid addition salts thereof. A preferred group of dopamine antagonists is the 4-piperidino-4-fluoro-butyrophenones, especially haloperidol, trifluperidol, and moperone. The phenothiazines are another suitable group of dopamine antagonists. An ophthalmic composition for topically treating glaucoma may comprise an aqueous solution containing 0.01% to 5% by weight of a water-soluble ophthalmologically acceptable acid addition salt of such dopamine antagonist.
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Chiou, George C. Y. (1988). Treatment of ocular hypertension and glaucoma with dopamine antagonists. United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /176864.