SLT glaucoma laser can reduce or eliminate your need for glaucoma eye drops

Are you tired of setting your alarm clock to remind you to take your glaucoma drops? Tired of getting out of bed because you forgot to use your night time drop? Tired of paying for expensive eye medication? If so, and you’re a glaucoma sufferer, ask your eye doctor about SLT glaucoma laser.

Aqueous flow in the eye can be blocked in some cases of glaucoma

At the American Glaucoma Society meeting, Anjali Hawkins, MD, PhD, presented findings of a study of the affects of SLT on patients with with mild to moderate glaucoma. Dr. Hawkins’ data showed that well-controlled glaucoma patients had success in reducing their dependency on eye drops and even eliminated one of their drops in most cases with glaucoma laser treatment. In fact, Dr. Hawkins’ demonstrated that after 6 1/2 months, 93% of SLT patients remained off of their previous glaucoma eye drops. And after 18 months, 83% of the same patients were still off of their glaucoma medications.

It is important to note that the most successful group of patients studied were the ones that were the most compliant with their continued glaucoma treatment. This is another piece of evidence that links patient proactiveness to glaucoma treatment success.

Ref: Ocular Surgery News