[Glaucoma therapy - current overview of data and information]

The authors submit the overview of the actual situation in the glaucoma therapy. They follow up the trends in antiglaucomatic treatment in the last period including financial aspects of medicament and surgical treatment. Attention is paid especially to medicaments management, actual overview of available antiglaucomatic drugs, function and position of generic drugs and differences among them, the daily dose of benzalconium chloride in glaucoma treatment, actual average of patients supplementary payments at the drug purchase in the pharmacy, surgical treatment costs and legal issues. Pharmacologists viewpoints and the Czech State Drug Control Authority (SÚKL) opinions complete the professionals point of the view and facilitate his/her complete orientation in glaucoma therapy issues. Key words: glaucoma, prescription, surgical treatment, treatment costs, legal issues.