BrinzolamideS3178

Brinzolamide (< 1 mg) ophthalmic suspension lowers intraocular pressure in Dutch-belted pigmented rabbits in a dose-dependent manner with an onset within 0.5 hour and a peak response by 1–2 hours. Brinzolamide (0.6 mg) ophthalmic suspension lowers intraocular pressure in laser-treated glaucomatous cynomolgus monkeys in a dose-dependent manner with an onset within 1 hour and a peak response by 3 hours. Brinzolamide dosages of 30 mg/kg, produces a 44% reduction in intestinal charcoal meal progression, but 1 and 10 mg/kg produced 8% and 18% decreases, respectively, in male CD-1 mice. Brinzolamide of 1 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg, and 30 mg/kg prolongs barbiturate sleep time by 57%, 15%, and 35%, respectively, in male CD-1 mice. ^[1] Brinzolamide (< 3%) produces significantly greater mean percent intraocular pressure reductions and mean intraocular pressure reductions compared with placebo in patients with primary, open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. The optimal intraocular pressure-lowering concentration of brinzolamide is 1%, brinzolamide 1% is well tolerated by patients with primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension when administered twice daily. ^[2] Brinzolamide significantly decreases intraocular pressure and arteriovenous passage time compared with placebo in healthy volunteers. ^[3] Brinzolamide (2%) increases optic nerve head blood flow and decreases intraocular pressure in tranquilized Dutch-belted rabbits. ^[4] Brinzolamide (1%) reduces intraocular pressure by reducing aqueous flow and not by affecting aqueous humor drainage in normotensive eyes of rabbits and hypertensive eyes of monkeys. ^[5]