Washout periods for brimonidine 0.2% and latanoprost 0.005%.

Abstract

To evaluate the intraocular pressure washout time after discontinuing brimonidine 0.2% twice daily and latanoprost 0.005% once every evening. We discontinued brimonidine or latanoprost in a masked fashion from primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertensive patients. The intraocular pressure was measured twice weekly until patients returned to untreated baseline. In 32 patients, the mean longest eye washout time for brimonidine (n = 15) was 3.3 +/- 3.0 weeks and for latanoprost (n = 17) was 4.4 +/- 3.2 weeks (P =.24). In all but one patient, brimonidine returned to baseline by 5 weeks and latanoprost returned by 8 weeks. After discontinuing latanoprost or brimonidine, a wide variation exists in washout times among individuals, with latanoprost demonstrating a trend to a longer washout period.