Increased first-year contact may improve long-term glaucoma medication adherence

Educational interventions, disease-management strategies and monitoring of glaucoma patients during the first year they take newly prescribed medications may improve adherence in the long term, according to a study.Systematic reviews estimate that nonadherence rates for glaucoma medication can be up to 80%, and poor adherence can lead to risk periods of uncontrolled IOP, more severe eye damage or blindness from glaucoma progression, the study said.