bimatoprost
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bimatoprost
[bĭ-mat´o-prost]a synthetic prostaglandin analogue that acts as an ocular hypotensive; applied topically to the conjunctiva in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
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bimatoprost
A synthetic PROSTAGLANDIN drug used as eye drops to control raised intraocular pressure in GLAUCOMA. A brand name is Lumigan.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
prostaglandin analogues
Drugs used in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. At specific dosages they lower the intraocular pressure (IOP), supposedly by increasing the outflow of aqueous humour via the uveoscleral pathway. Common agents include latanoprost, travoprost, bimatoprost (a synthetic prostamide structurally related to prostaglandin) and unoprostone isopropyl. Bimatoprost reduces IOP by increasing the uveoscleral outflow as well as the trabecular outflow.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann