Clinical experience with timolol in childhood glaucoma.

Abstract

We studied 67 patients (100 eyes) with childhood glaucoma who were treated with timolol maleate. Thirty of these patients (40 eyes) did not require additional surgery or medications after being treated with timolol (follow-up, from six to 60 months). Thirty-one eyes (78%) in this group had a pressure drop; 18 eyes (45%) had a pressure drop of greater than 10 mm Hg. We conclude that timolol is effective in the treatment of pediatric glaucoma, although there is a need to be aware of its potential complications.

• Authors: H D Hoskins Jr, J Hetherington Jr, S D Magee, R Naykhin, C V Migliazzo
• Journal: Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) (Arch Ophthalmol) Vol. 103 Issue 8 Pg. 1163-5 (Aug 1985) ISSN: 0003-9950 [Print] United States
• PMID: 4026647 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Chemical References

• Timolol

Topics

• Adolescent
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Drug Evaluation
• Follow-Up Studies
• Glaucoma (drug therapy, surgery)
• Humans
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Intraocular Pressure (drug effects)
• Timolol (adverse effects, therapeutic use)