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. 2020 Dec 8;9(12):3978. doi: 10.3390/jcm9123978

Table 4.

IOP lowering effects of topical cannabinoids.

Authors Study Population Intervention Results
Merritt et al., 1981 [67] 6 hypertensive glaucoma patients single 0.05% delta-9-THC eye drop No significant IOP lowering
single 0.1% delta-9-THC eye drop No significant IOP lowering
Merritt et al., 1981 [68] 8 hypertensive glaucoma patients single 0.01% delta-9-THC eye drop No significant IOP lowering
single 0.05% delta-9-THC eye drop No significant IOP lowering
single 0.1% delta-9-THC eye drop No significant IOP lowering
Green et al., 1982 [69] 16 healthy subjects single administration of 1% delta-9-THC eye drop No significant IOP lowering
Jay et al., 1983 [70] 28 healthy subjects 1% delta-9-THC eye drop four times a day for a week No significant IOP lowering
Porcella et al., 2001 [71] 8 glaucoma patients (4 POAG, 2 malformative glaucoma, 1 pigmentary glaucoma, 1 angle closure glaucoma) 25 µg of WIN55212-2, two drops 15 ± 0.5% IOP lowering after 30 min from administration
50 µg of WIN55212-2, two drops 23 ± 0.9% IOP lowering after 30 min from administration
Pescosolido et al., 2018 [72] 5 glaucoma patients (4 POAG and 1 post-uveitic glaucoma) Bediol (containing 3–6 mg/mL of delta-9-THC and 4–8 mg/mL of cannabidiol) twice a day for 30 days and then switched to topical Bedrocan (containing 18–23 mg/mL of delta-9-THC and 1.2–18 mg/mL of cannabidiol) twice a day for 30 days No significant IOP lowering regardless of employed compound.

POAG: primary open angle glaucoma, IOP: intraocular pressure, THC: Tetrahydrocannabinol.