Drug and therapeutics bulletin
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Glaucoma is one of the commonest causes of blindness in the world. In the UK, about 7% of people over the age of 75 years have primary open angle glaucoma, the most common type of glaucoma and the cause of visual impairment in about 13% of those registered blind. ⋯ However, half of all patients with primary open angle glaucoma in the UK do not present until vision has begun to deteriorate. Here we consider ways of improving detection and management.