Preservative-free betaxolol for POAG patients: evaluation of hypotensive effect and ocular surface safety

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RESULTS: The total tear production in POAG patients under betaxolol therapy was 19.1 ± 10.6 mm. After the 2 months of preservative-free betaxolol use there were no statistically significant changes in Schirmer's test results (p = 0.248). Tear film break-up time (Norn test) improved from 7.8 ± 0.5 secto 9.8 ± 0.8 sec (p = 0.067) as well as the results of lissamine green staining (W = 90.0, p < 0.022). In the Morisky-Green Test betaxolol patients scored only 2.6 ± 0.05 points on average, thus showing non-compliance. After the 2 months of preservative-free betaxolol instillations the scores increased up to 3.1 ± 0.07 (p = 0.04). According to Dunnett's test, used for multiple comparisons, intraocular pressure did not change significantly in either of the study periods (baseline and follow-up measurements at weeks 2, 4, and 8 were taken into account). CONCLUSION: The study proves Xonef BK safe, effective, and appropriate in all types of glaucoma. AIM: To evaluate ocular surface changes in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) as well as the hypotensive effect of preservative-free betaxolol eye drops. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 22 patients (42 eyes) aged 55-83 with POAG stage I-II were examined. All of them were switched from betaxolol b.i.d. to its preservative-free analogue (Xonef BK). The baseline examination included visual acuity measurement, Morisky-Green test (questionnaire), Norn test, Schirmer's test, lissamine green staining, and ocular tonometry. The latter was repeated 2 and 4 weeks after the drug had been switched, while the whole complex--2 months after the beginning of the study.

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Onischenko, A. L., Dimaksyan, M. V., Kolbasko, A. V., & Zilina, N. M. (2015). Preservative-free betaxolol for POAG patients: evaluation of hypotensive effect and ocular surface safety. Vestnik Oftalmologii, 131(2), 76–80. https://doi.org/10.17116/oftalma2015131276-80

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