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What does taking high blood pressure medication have to do with glaucoma?

Univ. of Nev. School of Medicine, Family Medicine
Univ. of Nev. School of Medicine, Family Medicine
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Taking high blood pressure medication can affect the eyes of people who have glaucoma. In glaucoma there is an elevated pressure in the eye. If blood pressure becomes too low, which can occur in people taking blood pressure medications, it may affect the eye as the blood has difficulty getting through the high pressure in the eye to deliver oxygen and nutrients as well as to carry away waste products.

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