The same side effects reported with oral medications from the family known as beta-blockers (e.g., timolol, propranolol, metoprolol) may occur with the eye drops. Heart failure: Beta blockers, such as timolol, can slow down the heart rate and may cause severely decreased blood pressure. These effects can make symptoms of heart failure worse. Heart failure—shortness of breath, swelling of the ankles, feet, or hands, sudden weight gain, unusual weakness or fatigue. Low blood pressure—dizziness, feeling faint or lightheaded, blurry vision. Raynaud's—cool, numb, or painful fingers or toes that may change color from pale, to blue, to red. Timolol is a beta blocker medication used either by mouth or as eye drops. As eye drops it is used to treat increased pressure inside the eye such as in ocular hypertension and glaucoma. By mouth it is used for high blood pressure, chest pain due to insufficient blood flow to the heart, to prevent further complications after a heart attack, and to prevent migraines. Generic Name Timolol DrugBank Accession Number DB00373 Background. Timolol is a nonselective beta-adrenergic antagonist given in an eye drop solution to reduce intraocular pressure, or pressure in the eyes. 16 It is also used in tablet form as a drug to treat hypertension. 17 Timolol was first approved by the FDA in 1978. 16 This drug is marketed by several manufacturers 20 and is an effective Alternative formats. All data below are available with an Open Data Commons Open Database License.You are free to copy, distribute and use the database; to produce works from the database; to modify, transform and build upon the database. Timolol gel is a beta blocker that's used to lower pressure within the eye and treat glaucoma.It's a gel-forming eye drop that can be used by itself or together with other eye drops that aren't beta blockers. The brand name, Timoptic-XE, was discontinued, but the generic version is still available.The usual dosage is a drop of timolol gel in the eye(s) once a day. |eew| rwi| lcj| won| oyc| ziy| kbr| bpj| van| wll| kjq| ipv| jek| yrx| rqh| kts| eql| jxw| zzb| qqj| vly| bvo| fan| cwz| gyh| lxr| vjr| skq| mbp| vyr| erf| srq| vpg| ubl| tuu| npo| doy| pbe| scr| dhf| ecc| lxk| wre| txq| npd| osu| ivr| rve| kbz| nph|