Preventing and treating elevated intraocular pressure associated with administered or endogenous steroids using non-steroidal cyclooxygenase inhibitors
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1. A method for preventing or treating non-inflammatory induced elevated intraocular pressure associated with administered or endogenous glucocorticoids comprising administering to a mammalian organism a composition including (a) an ophthalmologically effective amount of a non-steroidal cyclooxygenase inhibitor, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, to reduce or prevent an elevation of intraocular pressure induced by concurrent or previous treatment with glucocorticoids or by endogenous glucocorticoids.
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Abstract
Methods and compositions for preventing or treating non-inflammatory elevated intraocular pressure associated with administered or endogenous steroids including administering to a mammalian organism a composition including (a) an ophthalmologically effective amount of a non-steroidal cyclooxygenase inhibitor, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, to reduce or prevent an elevation of intraocular pressure and/or protein marker induction induced by chronic exposure to glucocorticoids.
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- 1. A method for preventing or treating non-inflammatory induced elevated intraocular pressure associated with administered or endogenous glucocorticoids comprising administering to a mammalian organism a composition including (a) an ophthalmologically effective amount of a non-steroidal cyclooxygenase inhibitor, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, to reduce or prevent an elevation of intraocular pressure induced by concurrent or previous treatment with glucocorticoids or by endogenous glucocorticoids.
- 34. A method for preventing or treating non-inflammatory induced elevated intraocular pressure associated with administered or endogenous glucocorticoids comprising administering to a mammalian organism a composition including (a) an opthalmically effective amount of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to arrest processes damaging to the eye resulting from chronic exposure of the eye to glucocorticoids.
- 42. A method for preventing damage to or treating damage to human trabecular meshwork cells associated with treatment of the eye with glucocorticoids comprising administering a composition to a mammalian organism having been treated or being treated with glucocorticoids, said composition including an opthalmically effective amount of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent and an inert carrier.
- 68. A composition adapted for preventing or treating non-inflammatory induced elevated intraocular pressure associated with administered or endogenous steroids comprising (a) an ophthalmically effective amount of between 0.001 and about 0.009% by weight of a non-steroidal cyclooxygenase inhibitor of a type to reduce or prevent an elevation of intraocular pressure induced by concurrent or previous treatment with glucocorticoids, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier therefor.
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