[Treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy with beta blockers]

Cesk Slov Oftalmol. 2002 Nov;58(6):382-6.
[Article in Czech]

Abstract

On a group of 13 eyes the authors evaluate their experience with medicamentous treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy. For treatment they used the non-selective beta-blocker Trimepranol, 2 x 5 mg/day. They found that in 11 eyes, in 84.6% cases, adherence of the ablated neuroepithelium of the macula occurred latest within four months of treatment, in two eyes (15.4%) this therapeutic dose did not lead to remission of the disease even after four months of treatment and the condition was evaluated as failure of treatment. The authors conclude that a therapeutic dose of Trimepranol of 2 x 5 mg/day is not a reliable therapeutic solution of central serous chorioretinopathy.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Adult
  • Choroid Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Choroid Diseases / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metipranolol / therapeutic use*
  • Retinal Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Retinal Diseases / physiopathology
  • Visual Acuity

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
  • Metipranolol