Miotics

A) Action: increase drainage out of the eye, through the trabecular meshwork, to lower pressure.

B) Types	Dosage per Day	C) Side Effects
- Pilocarpine	(4)	- Dim Vision
- Ocusert	_	- Brow Aches
- Carbachol	(3)	- Blurry Vision
- Phospholine Iodide	(2)
- Pilopine hs Gel	Bedtime

Beta Blockers

A) Action: Decrease the formation of aqueous humor to lower pressure.

B) Types	Dosage per Day	C) Side Effects
- Timolol (Timoptic) .............. .(Timoptic XE)	(4) (1)	- Breathing Difficulties - Irregular heartbeat
- Betimol	(2)	- Depression
- Levobunolol (Betagan)	(2)	- Dizziness
- Betaxalol (Betoptic-S)	(2)	- Loss of Libido
- Carteolol (Ocupress)	(2)	- Loss of hair (rare)
- Metipranolol (Optipranolol)	(2)

Epinephrine Drugs

A) Action: A combination of decreased inflow and increased outflow.

B) Types	Dosage per Day	C) Side Effects
- Epinephrine	(2)	- Stinging
Epifrin	(2)	- Burning
Epinal	(2)	- Red Eye
Glaucon	(2)	- Eye Pain
- Propine	(2)

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors

A) Action: Decrease the formation of aqueous humor to decrease pressure.

B) Types	Dosage per Day	C) Side Effects
pills
- Diamox	(3-4)	- Nausea
- Neptazane	(3-4)	- Decreased Appetite
- Daranide	(3-4)	- Lethargy
drops
- Dorzolamide (Trusopt)	(3)	- Depression
- Propine (Azopt)	(3)	- Diarrhea
		- Nausea
		- Rare bone marrow ..depression
		- Death - extremely remote

Alpha 2 Agonists

A) Action: Decrease the formation of aqueous humor and decrease in venous pressure in blood vessels on the eye.

B) Types (pills/drops)	Dosage per Day	C) Side Effects
- Apraclonidine (Iopidine)	(3)	- Dry mouth or nose
- Brimonidine (Alphagan)	(3)	- Eyelid opens wider
		- Red eyes after weeks or months
		- Decrease in blood pressure
		- Dizziness
		- Headache

Prostoglandin Analog

A) Action: Increase uveoscleral outflow

B) Types	Dosage per Day	C) Side Effects
- Latanoprost (Xalatan)	(1)	- Blurred vision
- Unoprostone (Rescula)	(1)	- Redness, Burning, Stinging
- Travaprost (Travatan)	(1)	- Darker, Longer eye lashes
- Bimatoprost (Lumigan)	(1)	- Respiratory tract infection/cold
		- Eye turns darker color

Combination Drugs

A) Action: see each drug (above)

B) Types	Dosage per Day	C) Side Effects
Timolol and Dorzolamide (Cosopt)	(2)	- See each drug (above)
Timolol and Latanoprost (Xalcom)	(1)	- See each drug (above)