[Dynamics of visual function in glaucoma patients treated with various antiglaucoma preparations]. / Dinamika zritel'nykh funktsii bol'nykh glaukomoi pri lechenii razlichnymi antiglaukomatoznymi preparatami.

A comparative study of the visual functions dynamics has been conducted in 81 glaucomatous patients (105 eyes) with normalized intraocular tension, treated by hypotensive preparations of various mechanisms of action. The groups of the patients were maximum identical by their characteristics. The follow-up period was 2 years. It was found that visual functions remain stable in patients treated by beta-blockers and their combination with pilocarpine, while, in patients treated by pilocarpine and alpha-stimulators the results were worse. The less effective were anticholinesterase preparations and combinations of pilocarpine with adrenaline.