Taking Prednisolone (steroid) tablets to raise my low IOP after trabeculectomy

[Roundearther]

Hi everyone, hope you're well. I'm continuing on my journey with things after sustaining an injury to eye which lead to high eye pressure, leading me to have a trabeculectomy in December.

My eye pressure has dropped too much since the surgery, at around 2 now. So the consultant has put me on Prednisolone steroid tablets to actually cause higher eye pressure. These are NOT the same as the eye drops you take post-surgery.

They sound quite tough to have to take (mood changes, weight gain, sleep disruption).

Has anyone else had to take these to deal with hypotony? What was your experience like? Did it help raise your eye pressure? Any advice.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not looking for medical advice or a second opinion, just a shared experience from one human to another. I'm aware I should talk though side effects with my doctor.

[Goatiegoat]

Hi there! I developed hypotony after surgery to implant a shunt to treat my glaucoma after the two trabeculectomies I’d had previously over the previous 25 years had failed. Since I’m a steroid responder i e steroids push up my eye pressure, I’ve been put on steroid drops to raise the pressure and that seems to have worked, raising the pressure from 5 to 8/9. I wonder whether drops rather than steroid tablets would work for you too? They have fewer side effects of the type you mention so it might be worth asking your consultant.