Your eye care specialist will try to obtain adequate control of your eye pressure with the least inconvenience or side effects. Glaucoma patients should adhere strictly to their medication schedule. These eye-drops lower the pressure in glaucomatous eyes. When the pressure is low and under control, vision loss usually stops. When the pressure is higher, unrecoverable vision loss may occur.
Glaucoma medications lower the pressure only for a certain period of time.
After that time, the pressure of the eye begins to rise. It is possible for a patient to show good pressures in the doctor's office, and yet slowly loose vision. Ieaving a few hours every day at a higher pressure. This should be kept in mind when planning a schedule. If the last drop goes in at bedtime, at about 11 PM, and the first drop of the next day goes in at 8 AM, there is a nine-hour gap, which may lead to higher pressure in the eye for several hours before the morning drops are placed.