All of the following agents are used in glaucoma treatment, except:
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- Apraclonidine
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- Timolol
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- Pilocarpine
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- Metoprolol
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- Drugs used in Glaucoma
- Miotics- Pilocarpine, Physostigmine, Echothiopate
- Beta blockers- Timolol, levobunolol, Carteolol, betaxolol
- PGF2?analogs - Latanoprost, bimatoprost, travoprost
- Alpha 2 agonist- Apraclonidine, brimonidine
- Alpha 1 agonist- Dipivefrine, adrenaline
- Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors- Dorzolamide, brinzolamide
- Metoprolol, though a beta blocker is not used for glaucoma because of its local anaesthetic property. Drugs having local anaesthetic property will increase the risk of corneal ulcers.