Bimatoprost, also known as Latisse or Lumigan, belongs to a group of drugs called prostamides, which are synthetic structural analogs of prostaglandin. Bimatoprost, marketed by Allergan, is administered in both the ophthalmic solution and implant form. It has the ability to reduce ocular hypotension, proving effective in conditions such as ocular hypertension and glaucoma. Bimatoprost is also used to treat eyelash hypotrichosis, or sparse eyelash growth. It was initially approved by the FDA in 2001 for ocular hypertension and later approved for hypothrichosis in 2008, as eyelash growth became a desirable adverse effect for patients using this drug.
Bimatoprost is used for the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
These patients must be intolerant to other intraocular pressure lowering medications or inadequately responsive to other treatments.
Bimatoprost is also indicated to treat eyelash hypotrichosis.
Clinical Research Centre Momorial A. de Rotschild, Geneve, Switzerland
Bietti Foundation, Rome, Italy
San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy
David J. Palmer, MD, Glenview, Illinois, United States
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute - University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
Vold Vision, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
Total Eye Care, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
University of Eye Specialists, Maryville, Tennessee, United States
Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mark B. Kislinger, MD, Inc., Glendora, California, United States
Southern California Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Los Alamitos, California, United States
Nature Coast Clinical Research, Crystal River, Florida, United States
Montebello Medical Eye Center Inc., Montebello, California, United States
Glaucoma Institute of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Ophthalmology clinics, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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