Glaucoma Treatments

Potentially serious side effects associated with smoking marijuana include an increased heart rate and a decrease in blood pressure. Studies of single-administration marijuana use have shown a lowering of blood pressure concurrent with the lowering of... Full Answer

Good question.  Glaucoma is a disease of the nerve of the eye.  The nerve is damaged in a characteristic way and that can lead to peripheral vision loss and ultimately central vision loss.  Elevated pressure of the eye or... Full Answer

Studies sponsored by the federal National Eye Institute demonstrated that some derivatives of marijuana did result in lowering of intraocular pressure (IOP) when administered orally, intravenously, or by smoking, but not when topically applied to the... Full Answer

Laser iridectomy is the gold standard for treating angle-closure glaucoma and is the primary difference between the treatment of the open-angle and angle-closure forms of glaucoma. Certain topical eye-drop medications can achieve a similar goal, but... Full Answer

Glaucoma has no cure. Once diagnosed with glaucoma, you will be prescribed to lifelong medication or treatment to slow the loss of eyesight. Even early detection of the disease is not quite enough, but it will help prevent against developing a more... Full Answer

Common medications offered for glaucoma such as eye drops will help your condition by draining fluid from the eye and lowering its pressure or causing the eye to stop producing excess fluid. Treatments such as laser surgery allow more fluid to drain from... Full Answer