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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jon C. Nixon, Mansfield, TX (US);
Karen C. David, Mansfield, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alcon Manufacturing, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1557 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1557 ;
Abstract
A method of lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) employs an upregulating agent that induces increased prostaglandin synthesis in the eye. The method of treatment entails administering to the eye of a mammal in need thereof a prostaglandin upregulating agent to increase endogenous prostaglandin synthesis and thereby effect a reduction in intraocular pressure. In a preferred embodiment the upregulating agent is IL-1.