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Intraocular Alpha-2 Adrenergic Agonist
Aka: Intraocular Alpha-2 Adrenergic Agonist, Intraocular Alpha-Adrenergic, Apraclonidine, Lopidine, Brimonidine, Alphagan, Lumify, Mirvaso
- See Also
- Open Angle Glaucoma
- Preparations
- Apraclonidine (Lopidine)
- Brimonidine (Alphagan)
- Available as combination with Brinzolamide (Simbrinza)
- Mirvaso (Brimonidine gel)
- Indicated for Eye Redness due to Rosacea
- Lumify (OTC Brimonidine 0.025%) released in 2018
- Marketed as OTC to reduce Eye Redness
- No proof that it is more effective than OTC ocular Decongestants (e.g. visine) and more expensive
- Evaluate Eye Redness for underlying cause instead
- (2018) presc lett 25(6): 35 [PubMed]
- Mechanism
- Decrease Aqueous Humor production
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Drug Interactions
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
- Adverse Effects
- Eye itching
- Efficacy
- Less effective than Intraocular Beta Blocker and Intraocular Prostaglandin