Medical term:

dichlorphenamide



dichlorphenamide

 [di″klor-fen´ah-mīd]
a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor used in the treatment of glaucoma.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

dichlorphenamide

A DIURETIC drug with a short duration of action. It is also used in the treatment of GLAUCOMA. A brand name is Daranide.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

carbonic anhydrase inhibitors 

Drugs which inhibit the carbonic anhydrase enzyme in the ciliary epithelium of the ciliary body. This enzyme is essential for the formation of aqueous humour; its reduction results in a decrease in intraocular pressure. Those in use are sulfonamide derivatives. They are administered systemically (e.g. acetazolamide) or topically in the treatment of glaucoma. Examples: acetazolamide, brinzolamide, dichlorphenamide, dorzolamide.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann


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