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Updated: 8/19/2025

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Last Updated: 8/19/2025

Glaucoma Management

First-Line Therapy

The American Academy of Ophthalmology recognizes prostaglandin analogs as first-line therapy for glaucoma 1, 2

REFERENCES

1

primary open-angle glaucoma preferred practice pattern(®) guidelines. [LINK]

Ophthalmology, 2016

2

network meta-analysis for clinical practice guidelines: a case study on first-line medical therapies for primary open-angle glaucoma. [LINK]

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2016

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