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Suggest Alternate Medicine For Combigan

Hi, My mom, who is now 102 yrs old, has been on combigan for years for her glaucoma. She was recently put on hospice. Now hospice is saying they won t pay for the drug. Then aarp through medicare said it would be over $1000 for the drug. Is there another drug that is equivalent to combigan that she could take?
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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Hi welcome to hcm
Combigan is a combination of Brimonidine and Timolol maleate.so you can try lumigan or other brands with similar composition.you can go for 2 seperate eyedrops like Alphagan 0.5%eye drops and Timoptic 0.5%eye drops.consult your doctor for further queries.
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General & Family Physician,  Dr. Prasanna Heijebu's  Response
Hi welcome to hcm
You can try lumigan instead of combigan both have similar compositions of brimonidine tartarate and timolol maleate.you can also try 2 seperate eye drops Alphagan(brimonidine) 0.5% and Timoptic0.5% (timolol).consult your doctor for further queries.
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Suggest Alternate Medicine For Combigan

Hi welcome to hcm Combigan is a combination of Brimonidine and Timolol maleate.so you can try lumigan or other brands with similar composition.you can go for 2 seperate eyedrops like Alphagan 0.5%eye drops and Timoptic 0.5%eye drops.consult your doctor for further queries. Thankyou