====== Bimatoprost ======

//Bimatoprost //is a drug used to treat [[content:medicine:diseases:g-l:glaucoma]] - which is linked to excess pressure within the eye. It currently has more than 2 million prescriptions per year in the US alone. Marketed, usually as eye-drops, under the brand names// Lumigan, Latisse,// //Vistitan// and others.

Its mechanism of action is unknown. No prostamide receptor has yet been identified. See : [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimatoprost#Mechanism_of_action|Wikipedia]]

//Note: //Its also used to treat excess eyelash growth - also with an unknown mechanism of action.

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Also see : [[content:medicine:drugs:betaxolol]]