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OptiPranolol® (metipranolol ophthalmic solution) 0.3%

OptiPranolol® is a time-tested option for your patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

In clinical studies, OptiPranolol exhibited comparable efficacy to timolol maleate 0.5% ophthalmic solution.^1-3 OptiPranolol may also result in less impairment of exercise-induced tachycardia and has less potential for systemic beta blockade.³

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Key Benefits

Time-tested beta-blocker with over half a million new prescriptions written since 1996²
Effective IOP control
Significantly reduced impact on exercise-induced tachycardia
Color-coded yellow cap minimizes risk of selecting an inappropriate medication

Contraindications

OptiPranolol ophthalmic solution is contraindicated in patients with bronchial asthma or a history of bronchial asthma, or severe chronic pulmonary disease; symptomatic sinus bradycardia; greater than a first degree atrioventricular block; cardiogenic shock; or overt cardiac failure.

¹ Retrospective review of IOP control after conversion from Timolol 0.5% to Metipranolol 0.3%.
² BAL 9302 - Data on file at Bausch & Lomb Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
³ Rolando M et al. Glaucoma. 1989;11:27-30.