Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Sator, MO; Akramian, J; Joura, EA; Nessmann, A; Wedrich, A; Gruber, D; Metka, M; Huber, JC.
Reduction of intraocular pressure in a glaucoma patient undergoing hormone replacement therapy.
MATURITAS 1998 29: 93-95.
Doi: 10.1016/S0378-5122(97)00091-1
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- Wedrich Andreas
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- Abstract:
- OBJECTIVES: To show the reducing effect of estrogens and progestins on the elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in the case of a 56-year-old woman showing typical climacteric complaints, who was admitted to the menopause outpatient unit. She also suffered from a primary open-angle glaucoma treated with betaophtiole eye drops with intraocular pressures of 16-20 mmHg under this local therapy. METHODS: IOP patterns were monitored by means of standardised daily pressure profiles four times a day before as well as 4 and 12 weeks after the beginning of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The local glaucoma therapy remained unchanged. RESULTS: During HRT, IOP levels were reduced from 16-20 mmHg before therapy to 12-15 mmHg at week 4 and to 13-15 mmHg at week 12 after the beginning of HRT. CONCLUSION: The finding of a close chronological relationship between the onset of menopause and the development of a glaucoma is a potentially new indication for HRT.
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- Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use
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- Estrogen Replacement Therapy - therapeutic use
- Female - therapeutic use
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- Humans - drug therapy
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