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Status:
US Approved Rx (2022)
First approved in 1996

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Brimonidine reduces the amount of fluid in the eye, which decreases pressure inside the eye. Brimonidine ophthalmic (for the eyes) is used to treat open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension (high pressure inside the eye). Brimonidine is an alpha adr...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2015)
First approved in 1996

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Olopatadine is an antihistamine (as well as anticholinergic and mast cell stabilizer) used to treat itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis (eye allergies). Olopatadine is a selective histamine H1 antagonist that binds to the histamine H1 rec...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2011)
First approved in 1995

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Latanoprost (free acid) is a metabolite of latanoprost which has been approved for use as an ocular hypotensive drug. Latanoprost is an isopropyl ester prodrug which is converted to the Latanoprost-acid by endogenous esterase enzymes. The free acid i...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2020)
First approved in 1953

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Conditions:

Oxybuprocaine (benoxinate) hydrochloride (MINIMS®) is a local, surface anaesthetic of the ester type. It has been shown to give effective surface anaesthesia in short opthalmological procedures. Sensation of pain is locally and reversibly reduced, wi...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1993

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Levocabastine (trade name Livo) is a selective second-generation H1-receptor antagonist used for allergic conjunctivitis. Levocabastine binds the G protein-coupled neurotensin receptor 2 (NTR2), but not NTR1, where it behaves as a weak partial invers...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Betaxolol is a competitive, beta(1)-selective (cardioselective) adrenergic antagonist. Betaxolol is used to treat hypertension, arrhythmias, coronary heart disease, glaucoma, and is also used to reduce non-fatal cardiac events in patients with heart ...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2015)
First approved in 1996

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Olopatadine is an antihistamine (as well as anticholinergic and mast cell stabilizer) used to treat itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis (eye allergies). Olopatadine is a selective histamine H1 antagonist that binds to the histamine H1 rec...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2015)
First approved in 1996

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Olopatadine is an antihistamine (as well as anticholinergic and mast cell stabilizer) used to treat itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis (eye allergies). Olopatadine is a selective histamine H1 antagonist that binds to the histamine H1 rec...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2015)
First approved in 1996

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Olopatadine is an antihistamine (as well as anticholinergic and mast cell stabilizer) used to treat itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis (eye allergies). Olopatadine is a selective histamine H1 antagonist that binds to the histamine H1 rec...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2022)
First approved in 1996

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Brimonidine reduces the amount of fluid in the eye, which decreases pressure inside the eye. Brimonidine ophthalmic (for the eyes) is used to treat open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension (high pressure inside the eye). Brimonidine is an alpha adr...

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