[Guanethidine/dipivefrin and pilocarpine in the treatment of increased intraocular pressure]. / Guanethidin/Dipivefrin und Pilokarpin bei der Behandlung des erhöhten intraokularen Drucks.

ABSTRACT

Thirty patients with ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma were tested to see if, and to what extent, guanethidine/dipivefrin and pilocarpine produced a supplementary reduction in intraocular pressure. An equally marked additional lowering of pressure was achieved when patients who had been given guanethidine/dipivefrin over an extended period of time were additionally treated with one dose of pilocarpine 2%. The reduction in intraocular pressure was much more pronounced in patients who had been treated with pilocarpine 2% alone over an extended period of time, followed by a single dose of guanethidine/dipivefrin, than in those who had been treated first with guanethidine/dipivefrin and subsequently with pilocarpine.