travoprost
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travoprost
[trav´o-prost]a synthetic prostaglandin analogue used in the treatment of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension; administered topically to the conjunctiva.
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travoprost
A PROSTAGLANDIN analogue drug used in eye drops to control intraocular pressure in open angle GLAUCOMA. A brand name is Travatan.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