Role of oral glycerol in glaucoma.

IN cases of acute glaucoma the aim is to reduce the raised ocular tension in the shortest possible time.If the tension is controlled, a complete examination of the angle is possible and a planned operation can be done.In order to reduce ocular tension various drugs have been used in the past.A recently introduced drug is oral glycerol, a hypertonic solution with strong osmotic properties.It has been tried by Virno, Cantore, Bietti, and Bucci (1963), Casey and Trevor-Roper (1963), Thomas (1963), and Drance (1964).This study was carried out to compare the effect of oral glycerol and Diamox (acetazolamide) in acute congestive glaucoma.These two drugs were also combined with pilocarpine.