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Short-term effects of unilateral 1% apraclonidine therapy. 1988

A L Robin

Glaucoma Services, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, MD.

A prospective, double-masked, randomized study evaluated the effects of unilateral therapy with topical 1% apraclonidine hydrochloride (aplonidine hydrochloride or ALO 2145) in 20 normal volunteers. No medications were applied to either eye during the control day. Following baseline measurements on the day of treatment, one drop of topical 1% apraclonidine hydrochloride was placed on one eye and a placebo (vehicle) was placed on the fellow eye. Intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements, pupil size, blood pressure, and pulse rate were assessed on both days at the baseline and 1, 3, 5, and 7 hours later. The 1% apraclonidine hydrochloride lowered the mean IOP (+/- SD) a maximum of 6.5 +/- 4.3 mm Hg (37.3% +/- 20.4%) from the baseline on the day of treatment. A statistically significant 2.7 +/- 3.4-mm Hg (14.9% +/- 19.0%) mean IOP decrease from the baseline was noted in the contralateral placebo-treated eye. No significant changes in the coefficient of outflow, blood pressure, or heart rate were noted. Eyelid retraction, conjunctival blanching, and mydriasis were frequently noted in eyes treated with 1% apraclonidine hydrochloride.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007429	Intraocular Pressure	The pressure of the fluids in the eye.	Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009994	Osmolar Concentration	The concentration of osmotically active particles in solution expressed in terms of osmoles of solute per liter of solution. Osmolality is expressed in terms of osmoles of solute per kilogram of solvent.	Ionic Strength,Osmolality,Osmolarity,Concentration, Osmolar,Concentrations, Osmolar,Ionic Strengths,Osmolalities,Osmolar Concentrations,Osmolarities,Strength, Ionic,Strengths, Ionic
D011680	Pupil	The aperture in the iris through which light passes.	Pupils
D002940	Circadian Rhythm	The regular recurrence, in cycles of about 24 hours, of biological processes or activities, such as sensitivity to drugs or environmental and physiological stimuli.	Diurnal Rhythm,Nyctohemeral Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythm,Nycthemeral Rhythm,Circadian Rhythms,Diurnal Rhythms,Nycthemeral Rhythms,Nyctohemeral Rhythms,Rhythm, Circadian,Rhythm, Diurnal,Rhythm, Nycthemeral,Rhythm, Nyctohemeral,Rhythm, Twenty-Four Hour,Rhythms, Circadian,Rhythms, Diurnal,Rhythms, Nycthemeral,Rhythms, Nyctohemeral,Rhythms, Twenty-Four Hour,Twenty Four Hour Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythms
D003000	Clonidine	An imidazoline sympatholytic agent that stimulates ALPHA-2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS and central IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTORS. It is commonly used in the management of HYPERTENSION.	Catapres,Catapresan,Catapressan,Chlophazolin,Clofelin,Clofenil,Clonidine Dihydrochloride,Clonidine Hydrochloride,Clonidine Monohydrobromide,Clonidine Monohydrochloride,Clopheline,Dixarit,Gemiton,Hemiton,Isoglaucon,Klofelin,Klofenil,M-5041T,ST-155,Dihydrochloride, Clonidine,Hydrochloride, Clonidine,M 5041T,M5041T,Monohydrobromide, Clonidine,Monohydrochloride, Clonidine,ST 155,ST155
D004342	Drug Hypersensitivity	Immunologically mediated adverse reactions to medicinal substances used legally or illegally.	Allergy, Drug,Hypersensitivity, Drug,Drug Allergy,Allergies, Drug,Drug Allergies,Drug Hypersensitivities,Hypersensitivities, Drug
D005123	Eye	The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light.	Eyes
D005143	Eyelids	Each of the upper and lower folds of SKIN which cover the EYE when closed.	Eyelid