Efficacy of preservative-free tafluprost in patients with normal-tension glaucoma previously treated with latanoprost

Matteo Sacchi, Edoardo Villani, Paolo NucciUniversity Eye Clinic, San Giuseppe Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, ItalyWe read with interest the article entitled "Effects of tafluprost treatment for 3 years in patients with normal-tension glaucoma" by Inoue et al.1 In this stud...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a469673745ca4e05bac70b77487cb5c32021-12-02T03:09:54ZEfficacy of preservative-free tafluprost in patients with normal-tension glaucoma previously treated with latanoprost1177-5483https://doaj.org/article/a469673745ca4e05bac70b77487cb5c32014-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/efficacy-of-preservative-free-tafluprost-in-patients-with-normal-tensi-peer-reviewed-article-OPTHhttps://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483 Matteo Sacchi, Edoardo Villani, Paolo NucciUniversity Eye Clinic, San Giuseppe Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, ItalyWe read with interest the article entitled "Effects of tafluprost treatment for 3 years in patients with normal-tension glaucoma" by Inoue et al.1 In this study, the authors reported the efficacy of tafluprost in naïve patients with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) over 3 years of follow-up. The intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering efficacy of tafluprost in NTG has been recently reported by Mizoguchi et al2 and Nakano et al.3 Whereas tafluprost is available in Europe in a preservative-free formulation, the three aforementioned studies1–3 were all carried out in Japan, where tafluprost is on the market as a benzalkonium chloride (BAK)-containing formulation.View original paper by Inoue and colleagues.Sacchi MVillani ENucci PDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2014, Iss default, Pp 1855-1858 (2014)
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Efficacy of preservative-free tafluprost in patients with normal-tension glaucoma previously treated with latanoprost
description Matteo Sacchi, Edoardo Villani, Paolo NucciUniversity Eye Clinic, San Giuseppe Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, ItalyWe read with interest the article entitled "Effects of tafluprost treatment for 3 years in patients with normal-tension glaucoma" by Inoue et al.1 In this study, the authors reported the efficacy of tafluprost in naïve patients with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) over 3 years of follow-up. The intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering efficacy of tafluprost in NTG has been recently reported by Mizoguchi et al2 and Nakano et al.3 Whereas tafluprost is available in Europe in a preservative-free formulation, the three aforementioned studies1–3 were all carried out in Japan, where tafluprost is on the market as a benzalkonium chloride (BAK)-containing formulation.View original paper by Inoue and colleagues.
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author Sacchi M
Villani E
Nucci P
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Nucci P
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title Efficacy of preservative-free tafluprost in patients with normal-tension glaucoma previously treated with latanoprost
title_short Efficacy of preservative-free tafluprost in patients with normal-tension glaucoma previously treated with latanoprost
title_full Efficacy of preservative-free tafluprost in patients with normal-tension glaucoma previously treated with latanoprost
title_fullStr Efficacy of preservative-free tafluprost in patients with normal-tension glaucoma previously treated with latanoprost
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy of preservative-free tafluprost in patients with normal-tension glaucoma previously treated with latanoprost
title_sort efficacy of preservative-free tafluprost in patients with normal-tension glaucoma previously treated with latanoprost
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2014
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