Are you tired of your glaucoma eye drops?
Do you suffer from glaucoma? Is it hard to remember your drops every day? Are your drops expensive? Do you sometimes need more than one attempt to get your eye drop in your eye?
Intraocular pressure (IOP) control is an ongoing process for patients with glaucoma. Traditional treatment involves eye drops. These drops require consistent use for best IOP control. Costs of glaucoma medications add up over time. Patients may continue on glaucoma medications indefinitely. Some glaucoma eye drops cause stinging and burning-making dry eye worse. Using eye drops and controlling IOP is important; glaucoma is a potentially blinding condition.
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT), gives many patients relief from glaucoma eye drops and helps to ease the burden on patients to remember to use their drops. SLT involves the use of a laser to gently improve aqueous fluid outflow. SLT is a safe, brief, in-office procedure, performed by Dr. Ballitch that causes essentially no discomfort. The IOP lowering effect of SLT is 20-30%, comparable to front-line glaucoma eye drops. About 80% of patients have this IOP-lowering benefit lasting 1 to 5 years, and possibly beyond. Even better, an SLT is a repeatable procedure.
For patients suffering from glaucoma, SLT may be more cost-effective and offer less hassle than traditional glaucoma therapy. Please call 419-521-3937 to get started!
