21. Caffeine increases intraocular pressure in those with glaucoma but does not appear to affect normal individuals. 22. When compared to other corticosteroid eye drops; clobetasone butyrate showed only minimal rises in intraocular pressure . 23. Intraocular pressure laws follow fundamentally from physics.24. Hypotony, or ocular hypotony, is typically defined as intraocular pressure equal to or less than 5 mmHg. 25. Glaucoma is associated with increased intraocular pressure that damages the optic nerve as it exits the eyeball. 26. This blocked drainage raises the intraocular pressure . 27. So Quigley proposed an alternative that Medicare would pay for : surgery to lower the intraocular pressure . 28. When Bito began his research, ophthalmologists had already concluded that prostaglandins raised intraocular pressure , and were therefore dangerous. 29. "' Toxic glaucoma "'is open angle glaucoma with an unexplained significant rise of intraocular pressure following unknown pathogenesis. 30. Medications that lower intraocular pressure work by decreasing aqueous humor production and / or increasing aqueous humor outflow.
