Method of reducing intraocular pressure and treating glaucoma using corynanthine
Patent 4490379 Issued on December 25, 1984. Estimated Expiration Date: April 4, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
This invention relates to a method of reducing intraocular pressure and treating glaucoma in mammals which comprises administering topically to the eye a pharmaceutically acceptable salt isomeric to yohimbine and stereochemically similar to corynanthine in an amount effective to reduce intraocular pressure.