Re: Preservative free anti-glaucoma dropsOn Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:53:36 GMT, Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal,net >
wrote:
>What kind of preservative free eye drops are available for treating
>glaucoma?
Off-the-shelf? Preservative-free timolol maleate ophthalmic solution
was (still is?) available in the form of the MERCK brandname TIMOPTIC
-- see < http :// tinyurl,com /5sow9u> is the only I am aware of.
Non-BAK preserved topical IOP lowering drops include, at least,
Alcon's TRAVATAN-Z (see < http :// tinyurl,com /5wf5bs>) and Allergan's
ALPHAGAN-P (see < http :// tinyurl,com /64p7ly>).
Places like Leiter's Pharmacy in San Jose (see
< http :// tinyurl,com /6ewjur>) can compound a bunch more.
> My ophthalmologist agrees that preservatives can give
> problems.
It can.
> It seems that all of her offerings contain BAK.
Almost all of them do.