is there any recently medication or treatment for the late condition of Glaucoma?

[sasso32]

my dad has a glaucoma and he is 59 years old
his doctor prescribed him many eye drops but the percentage of the optic nerve cavity increase to be 95% in on eye and other eye 90% ; it was lower than this 5 years ago
the % increase around 5% in 5 years
is there any hope to stop the condition to be worse? and to reserve the rest of his vision  
hope you can help me
thank you in advance

[JohnHaganMD]

I want to add that some people cannot take some of the glaucoma medications (example asthma patients cannot take beta blockers) and some do not tolerate some of the medications.

[JohnHaganMD]

There are 4 types of glaucoma medications for glaucoma that work by different mechanisms.  So maximum glaucoma therapy would be being on all 4 types. Note this is not 4 brands but 4 types:  1. prostaglandin analogue 2. carbonic anhydrase inhibitor 3. beta blocker  4. alpha adrenergic receptor agonist

Your father would need to be on all 4 types for maximum therapy.  Additional therapy includes laser treatment and for the most severe glaucoma surgery hopefully using the new MIGS (minimally invasive glaucoma surgery) techniques. Your father should be under the care of an ophthalmologist that specializes in glaucoma and who has special training called a "fellowship"


JCH MD