Brinzolamide (Azopt - Alcon), a thieno-thiazine-6-sulfonamide carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, has been approved by the FDA in a 1% ophthalmic suspension for treatment of elevated intraocular pressure due to ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma. Brinzolamide is the second FDA-approved topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. Dorzolamide (Trusopt) was approved earlier (Medical Letter, 37:76, 1995)....
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Title: Brinzolamide--A New Topical Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor for Glaucoma
Publication: The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
Issue #: 1036
Article Code: 1036c
Date: September 25, 1998
Volume: 40
Pages: 95-96