Clinical evaluation of the effectiveness of combined use of local and general hypotensive agents in patients with glaucoma and hypertension

: Visual functions, hydrodynamics, and bloodflow in internal carotid arteries were evaluated in 60 patients with primary glaucoma and essential hypertension. Effects of systemic and local beta-adrenoblockers and combinations of local hypotensive agents with calcium antagonists and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors were studied. Negative effect of a combination of local and oral beta-adrenoblockers and positive effect of a combination of local hypotensive agents with oral capotene were revealed. Capotene is recommended for the treatment of glaucomatous patients with essential hypertension.