[Effects of nootropic agents on visual functions and lacrimal antioxidative activity in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma].

The paper presents the results of an investigation of the effect of the nootropic agents pantogam and nooclerine on visual functions in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. These agents have been found to have a beneficial effect on the functional activity of the retina and optic nerve, light sensitivity, hemo- and hydrodynamics of the eye.

[Effect of pantogam on visual function and hemodynamic of eyes in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma].

The complex therapy in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, with normalized intraocular pressure but with declined visual functions included the use of the Russian neurometabolic preparation pantogam. The improvement of the visual function appeared as enlargement of the borders of visual fields, decreased area and sensitivity deficit (according to computer perimetric data). Doppler ultrasonography has demonstrated an increase in the mean blood velocity in the orbital vessels and a decrease in eyeball blood supply defects after pantogam therapy which is a favourable sign of a glaucomatous process.

[Functional methods of research in diagnosing glaucoma].

New data on the function of the retinal cone system in glaucoma are presented, which extend the symptom complex of optic neuropathy of glaucoma origin and the potentialities of initial diagnosis of glaucoma. A new symptom is detected: disordered topography of color (red and green) sensitivity, which can serve as the early symptom of glaucomatous optic neuropathy and indicate the degree of its progress. The location of the process, detected in examination of color sensitivity topography, is more extensive than it is detected by static perimetry.

[Comparative evaluation of the tolerability of proxofelin and clofelin and their effects on the eye in patients with glaucoma].

Tolerance and effects of proxofelin (1% proxodolole and 0.25% clofelin) and clofelin were compared in 39 patients (50 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma by open and double-blind methods. Intraocular pressure, ocular hydrodynamics, arterial pressure, and heart rate were examined before and on day 28 of treatment.