ORLANDO — Pressurized goggles can help lower IOP in patients with normal-tension glaucoma, according to a speaker at Telling It Like It Is.
Deborah Ristvedt, DO, said treating normal-tension glaucoma can be difficult, but lowering IOP can significantly slow progression.
“We know the importance of 24-hour IOP lowering, which most of us are not doing,” she said. “There is a need for more noninvasive therapeutics to lower IOP, especially in these challenging patients.”
Ristvedt said the Fsyx ocular pressure adjusting pump (OPAP, Balance Ophthalmics) offers a