Glauco-Oph

Contain the active ingredient: Timolol Maleate, which is a type of medicine called a beta-blocker. It works by blocking beta-receptors in the eye, which lowers the pressure of the fluid inside the eyeball.

The pressure within the eyeball is naturally maintained by a continuous flow of liquid called aqueous humour through the eyeball. Aqueous humour is produced by a part of the eye called the ciliary body, and it drains out of the eyeball through channels called the trabecular meshwork. If the outflow of aqueous humour is blocked, the aqueous humour builds up inside the eye, increasing the pressure within the eyeball. This pressure needs to be reduced, as otherwise it can damage the optic nerve and impair vision.

Timolol blocks beta-receptors that are found on the ciliary body. This reduces the amount of aqueous humour that is secreted into the eyeball by the ciliary body. Timolol also blocks beta-receptors found on the blood vessels that supply the ciliary body. This causes the blood vessels to constrict, and reduces the amount of watery fluid that filters out of the blood vessels to form aqueous humour.

Timolol therefore reduces the inflow of aqueous humour into the eyeball, which lowers the pressure within the eye.

What is it used for?

• Lowering raised pressure within the eyeball (ocular hypertension).
• Open angle glaucoma.
• Glaucoma caused by another disease of the eye (secondary glaucoma).

Size : 5 ml / bottle