Xalatan (ZAL-a-ten), the first prostaglandin eye drop for glaucoma
September 1997
Pharmacia & Upjohn is now marketing Xalatan (ZAL-a-ten), the first prostaglandin eye drop for glaucoma.
Xalatan contains latanoprost.
It works at least as well as timolol (Timoptic, etc) to lower intraocular pressure...but it works in a different way.
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