GLAUCOSAN® 0,25% EYE DROPS.

Country: South Africa

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Source: South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)

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GLAUCOSAN® 0,25% EYE DROPS.
GLAUCOSAN® 0,5% EYE DROPS.
SCHEDULING STATUS:
S3
PROPRIETARY NAME
(and dosage form):
GLAUCOSAN
®
 0,25% EYE DROPS.
GLAUCOSAN
®
 0,5% EYE DROPS.
COMPOSITION:
0,25% Eye Drops - Each mL contains Timolol 2,5 mg (present as 
TIMOLOL 
maleate)
        Preservative: Benzalkonium chloride 0,01% m/v
0,5% Eye Drops - Each mL contains Timolol 5,0 mg (present as timolol maleate)
        Preservative: Benzalkonium chloride 0,01% m/v
PHARMACOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION:
A 15.4 Ophthalmic Preparations, other.
PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION:
Timolol maleate eye drops reduce elevated and normal intraocular pressure, whether or not associated with glaucoma.
Timolol maleate is a short-acting, potent, non-selective, beta-adrenergic antagonist. It has no intrinsic
sympathomimetic activity and no membrane stabilizing activity.
Timolol maleate eye drops reduce intraocular pressure with little or no effect on accommodation or pupil size.
INDICATIONS:
Timolol maleate eye drops are indicated for the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure.
Patients with ocular hypertension.
Patients with chronic open angle glaucoma.
Aphakic patients with glaucoma.
Some patients with secondary glaucoma.
Patients with narrow angles and a history of spontaneous or iatrogenically-induced narrow-angle closure in the
opposite eye in whom reduction of intraocular pressure is necessary. (See Side Effects and Special Precaution
                                
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