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that the only clinically effective method of
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preventing progressive optic nerve damage is by
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lowering intraocular pressure° Would you agree with
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that?
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Yeah_ _ think so_
_ _ So even though eye pressure is not --
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K Can we define that on a long=term basis?
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Okays fine°
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Yeah.
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SO even though eye pressure is not the only
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factor that you use to define glaucoma, it is a
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many_ many series of studies se_s to suggest that if
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you reduce intraocular press;urea then there are
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19 let me ask you some questions with currently approved
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A number of them or as far as I know, all
23 of them individually_ but let me ask you some general
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questions first.
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