any info re: normal pressure glaucoma
Question:
I am a 41-year old female diagnosed with normal pressure glaucoma last year. I have had substantial loss of vision in my left eye. My ophthalmologist has prescribed 3 different medications: Timoptic, Xalatan, & Trusopt. Reading about the side effects has scared me almost as much as the idea of going blind does. From different medical journals I have read, I’m not sure that conventional treatments even work on this kind of glaucoma. My IOPs have never been over 15 when tested; last month they were 10. My visual field test remained unchanged from a year ago which is the only good news I’ve had lately. I’d like to hear from anyone in a similar situation or medical professional who could help. Thanks. Susan
Response:
On 8 Sep 1998 23:17:16 GMT, sub…@aol.com (SuBeal) wrote: >I am a 41-year old female diagnosed with normal pressure glaucoma last year. I >have had substantial loss of vision in my left eye. My ophthalmologist has >prescribed 3 different medications: Timoptic, Xalatan, & Trusopt. Reading >about the side effects has scared me almost as much as the idea of going blind >does. From different medical journals I have read, I’m not sure that >conventional treatments even work on this kind of glaucoma. My IOPs have never >been over 15 when tested; last month they were 10. My visual field test >remained unchanged from a year ago which is the only good news I’ve had lately. > I’d like to hear from anyone in a similar situation or medical professional >who could help. Thanks. Susan
Well, my pressures only rose into the 20s when I acquired extensive glaucoma only in one eye, and the situation has remained as such for 8 yr. Timoptic, Betoptic and laser iridotomy never accomplished anything. This occurred during my 50s and 60s. I would advise doing some reading of medical journal articles to establish some idea of probabilities of success of various strategies under your particular physiological circumstances. Dr. Ritch may have something to offer; he has a wealth of information on a wide range of glaucoma cases. If you see him, you should learn as much as you can and do whatever testing he may give that you can be certain is totally non-invasive. I would comment though, that while I have never met this physician, but have noted his strong efforts to move and fund researchers toward new solutions to glaucoma problems and have received considerable information from him in the past via e-mail, I have noted also that he sometimes jumps too soon to conclusions, and have received an e-mail from and conversed with a female patient of his to whose eye he did something detrimental that apparently was not properly pre-understood by her and agreed upon beforehand. I would use caution there if you see him at the NYEE facility. Ray
Response:
Hi; Dr. Robert Ritch responds: 41 y/o with LTG and severe damage is so rare as to be almost unheard of. Make sure there isn’t something else going on – this merits an MRI. Happy to see you if you want to come to NY. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -sub…@aol.com (SuBeal) wrote: >I am a 41-year old female diagnosed with normal pressure glaucoma last year. I >have had substantial loss of vision in my left eye. My ophthalmologist has >prescribed 3 different medications: Timoptic, Xalatan, & Trusopt. Reading >about the side effects has scared me almost as much as the idea of going blind >does. From different medical journals I have read, I’m not sure that >conventional treatments even work on this kind of glaucoma. My IOPs have never >been over 15 when tested; last month they were 10. My visual field test >remained unchanged from a year ago which is the only good news I’ve had lately. > I’d like to hear from anyone in a similar situation or medical professional >who could help. Thanks. Susan
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