Lowering Eye Pressure Can Prevent Blindness3

Glaucoma is a serious eye condition characterized by optic nerve damage that can result in permanent vision loss. In fact, it is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide.2,4

There are different types of glaucoma, including normal-tension glaucoma—a common form of glaucoma with intraocular pressure (IOP) within the normal range. It’s important to lower IOP levels, even in normal-tension glaucoma, because IOP levels peak in most patients at night. This elevated IOP, especially when combined with any optic nerve damage that has already occurred, increases the risk of disease progression.4,5

Learn how to lower IOP while sleeping.

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness, impacting ~80 million people worldwide2

Every Patient’s Journey Is Different

Early treatment for glaucoma typically involves laser eye surgery or daily eye drops containing medications to lower IOP, which can work well to lower daytime IOP for patients.5

Daily glaucoma medication can be effective for patients; however, many people struggle to adhere to a daily treatment regimen for a variety of reasons, such as challenges in administering the medication, the need to remember multiple doses a day, the cost of treatment, and side effects.5,6

A trabeculoplasty (laser therapy) is a laser procedure that can effectively control IOP; however, it has diminished effect at lowering nighttime IOP.7

Other surgical intervention options, including minimally invasive glaucoma surgery or more invasive surgery for more complex cases, may help to lower IOP.8

More invasive surgery options are generally more effective at lowering IOP, though all surgical options come with increased risks of infection or other device-related issues.9

“Safely and effectively lowering IOP in normal-tension glaucoma is one of the biggest unmet needs in my practice.”

— Leon Herndon Jr., MD, Glaucoma Specialist, Durham, NC

Lowering Pressure Is Key

In normal-tension glaucoma, even though eye pressure is within a normal range, there are still signs of glaucoma (like optic nerve damage). Lowering IOP is the only known way to help prevent normal-tension glaucoma from progressing. That often requires navigating through various pharmaceutical and surgical options to determine what works best for each individual patient, and many of them weren’t studied and don’t work well in normal-tension glaucoma.2-4,7

Until now.

Learn how FSYX™ puts pressure to rest.