This story has a positive end, but I did have a stressful situation yesterday in regards to my intraocular pressure. In the early afternoon I used the Tiolat iCare tonometer to measure my intraocular pressure, as I have been doing every day for a long time. I obtained seven intraocular pressure measurements...
I want to highlight three different approaches to performing home eye pressure monitoring (self-tonometry). Normally, I focus most of my attention in my blog on the approach I use. However, I thought it would be educational to contrast my approach with two other approaches. I'll discuss each one...
In 2006 I wrote about the news that Ocufors, a plant-based pharmaceutical product for glaucoma, had received regulatory approval from India's equivalent of the US FDA (the Drugs Controller General of India - DCGI). Ocufors is a natural, plant-derived product that has been found to be 30% more effective...
On September 06, 2006 , some very interesting news for glaucoma patients was released. The business technology magazine Red Herring broke the news of a novel drug approval. The drug Ocufors is made from the ancient Ayurvedic herb Makandi. This is the first pharmaceutical product ever approved in India...
Nearly four weeks ago I wrote the blog post about my intraocular pressure reaching a record low of 6.7 mmHg as measured by the Reichert Ocular Response Analyzer. After that post, I had one measurement that was even lower - 6.5 mmHg. It seemed like week after week and day after day my intraocular pressure...