Drug
Travoprost
Pronounced
"TRA-voh-prost"
Uses
Travoprost is used to treat high pressure inside the eye due to glaucoma (open-angle type) or other eye diseases (such as ocular hypertension). Lowering high pressure inside the eye can help prevent blindness. This medication may lower pressure inside the eye by helping fluid inside the eye flow out.
This implant may be placed only one time in each eye.
How to Use This Medication
This medication implant is placed in the eye(s) by a health care professional.
Rarely, the implant may move out of place. Your doctor will monitor the position of the implant in the eye with regular eye exams.
Most people with glaucoma or high pressure in the eye do not have symptoms. To monitor the effect of this medication implant, keep all medical appointments with your doctor.