Glaucoma

• Facts:
  Increase in intraocular pressure
  
  1) Acute angle closure glaucoma
  2) Open angle glaucoma
• Treatment:
  See pneumonic
• Pneumonic:
  "A B C D and P "
  
  A lpha agonists
  Epinephrine (increase outflow of aqueous humor)
  Brimonidine (decease aqueous humor synthesis)
  
  B eta blockers
  (decrease aqueous humor synthesis)
  Timolol
  Betaxol
  Cartelol
  
  C holinomimetics
  (increase outflow, contract ciliary muscle)
  Pilocarpine
  Carbachol
  Physostigmine
  Echothiophate
  
  D iurteics
  (decrease aqueous humor synthesis)
  Acetazolamide
  
  P rostaglandin
  (increase outflow of aqueous humor)
  Lantaprost (S/E: darkens color of iris)