Description and Brand Names
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US Brand Name
- Iopidine
Descriptions
Apraclonidine 0.5% eye drops is used to treat glaucoma when the medications you have been using for glaucoma do not reduce your eye pressure enough.
Apraclonidine 1% eye drops is used just before and after certain types of eye surgery (argon laser trabeculoplasty, argon laser iridotomy, and Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy). The medicine is used to control or prevent a rise in pressure within the eye (ocular hypertension) that can occur after this type of surgery.
Apraclonidine 0.5% and 1% are available only with your doctor's prescription.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
Portions of this document last updated: May 01, 2019
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