A Patient’s Guide to Glaucoma Medications Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor (CAI) Eye Drops Medication for Glaucoma Approved for use in the USA for the last 20 years, this class of medications is rarely prescribed on its own. How it works: Works on the ciliary body to...
Simple Drops™ No more juggling multiple bottles Simplify with one Simple Drops™ Simplify Now What Are Simple Drops™ Simple Drops™ combine multiple medications into single drop bottles for glaucoma patient’s convenience. Simple Drops™ are NOT a new glaucoma drugs....
Part 2 of 14 of “Adjusting the Faucet or Opening the Drain – Currently Available Methods to Treat the Plumbing Problem of Open Angle Glaucoma” | A San Gabriel Valley Optometric Society (SGVOS) Continuing Education Dinner Event – 2 hours CE | Featured...
Canaloplasty Surgery on Both Eyes from a Patient of Dr. David Richardson (San Marino Eye) A beautiful couple’s story of how they dealt with glaucoma and went through canaloplasty. Only Ron has glaucoma but his wife, Peg Is with him all the way. Love,...
Lifestyle Impact of Glaucoma Canaloplasty (pronounced Kah-NAL-oh-plas-tee) is a new glaucoma treatment that gives many people with this potentially blinding condition the hope of saving the vision they have. Canaloplasty can reduce pressure in the eye (IOP) by nearly...
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: Hello I’m Dr. David Richardson. I’m a cataract and glaucoma surgeon in Southern California, and on my morning commute, I like to discuss those topics that there’s simply not enough time to discuss in the exam room. We’ve...
A Patient’s Guide to Visual Field Testing Reasons Why Visual Field Testing Alone is Inadequate to Follow Glaucoma Progression As important as visual field testing may be, it is not the only test that should be performed in most individuals being followed for glaucoma....
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: Hello I’m Dr. David Richardson. I’m a cataract and glaucoma surgeon in Southern California. And on my morning commute, I like to discuss those topics that there’s simply not enough time to discuss in a typical exam room situation....
A Patient’s Guide to Visual Field Testing Visual Field Testing – When it Should be Done Given how neither patients nor their doctors like visual field testing, we’d all like to do it as little as possible. With that in mind, just how infrequently can one get...
A Patient’s Guide to Glaucoma Medications Pilocarpine Medication for Glaucoma How it works: Pilocarpine is a miotic agent which means it constricts the pupil. As the pupil constricts it pulls on the trabecular meshwork, stretching it open. This results in increased...