Treatment of ocular hypertension with a synergistic combination for ophthalmic use
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Ueno Seiyaku Oyo Kenkyujo
InventorRyuji Ueno
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Abstract
A method for treatment of ocular hypertension which comprises ocularly administering, to a subject in need of such treatment, an oculo-hypotensively synergistic combination of (a) a 15-ketoprostaglandin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester thereof, and (b) a sympathomimetic agent in an amount effective in treatment of ocular hypertension.
Claims18
A method for treatment of ocular hypertension which comprises ocularly administering, to a subject in need of such treatment, an oculo-hypotensively synergistic combination of
- (a) a 15-ketoprostaglandin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester thereof, and
- (b) a catecholamine or analog thereof in an amount effective in treatment of ocular hypertension.
A pharmaceutical composition for treatment of ocular hypertension comprising an oculo-hypotensively synergistic combination of
- (a) a 15-ketoprostaglandin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester thereof, and
- (b) a catecholamine or analog thereof in association with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.