Case report
English
Fathi O. Dakhil and Abdelsalam A. Geilani
Department of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology, faculty of Medicine,
Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya
JMJ Vol. 1, No. 2 (November 2001): 73-74
Abstract
A51 year Libyan asthmatic patient admitted in the intensive therapy unit of Al Jala hospital, Benghazi, with sever attack of bronchial asthma following a topical application of timolol given for treatment of glaucoma in spite of the acute and sever presentation, an improvement in his condition was noticed concomitant with nebulized beta-agonist. We also discussed briefly some of the other reported side effects of this drug.
Keywords: bronchial asthma, timolol eye drops
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