Therapeutic Potential of Cannabinoids in Glaucoma

• Main Authors: Theresa Lindner (Author), Doreen Schmidl (Author), Laura Peschorn (Author), Viktoria Pai (Author), Alina Popa-Cherecheanu (Author), Jacqueline Chua (Author), Leopold Schmetterer (Author), Gerhard Garhöfer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. To date, intraocular pressure (IOP) is the only modifiable risk factor in glaucoma treatment, but even in treated patients, the disease can progress. Cannabinoids, which have been known to lower IOP since the 1970s, have been shown to...