... pressure and should they be used in conjunction with blood pressure tabllets such as tritace?. I take tritace@ 2.5 mg as well as use Cosopt and Lumigan.
If Lumigan and other glaucoma drops cause reduction in pressure in the eyes do they affect blood?
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- 16 Feb 2011 by green40
- Topics:
- cosopt, lumigan, glaucoma, blood disorders
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DzooBaby16 Feb 2011
High pressure in the eyes is a different mechanism than high blood pressure.Your eye drops wont have an effect on high blood pressure (in most cases) and your high blood pressure medicine will not have an effect on the pressure in the eyes. Glaucoma is caused by a narrowing of the 'angle' in the eye and fluid movement within the eye is impaired causing pressure to build. Glaucoma has nothing to do with blood pressure. Your Cosopt does have a beta blocker, timolol, in it. This sometimes can have an additive effect if you are on oral beta blockers-it is usually very slight in most cases. You are on an ACE Inhibitor for your blood pressure, though, so this would not pertain to your case. Great question though!
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