Dorzolamide was approved for medical use in the United States in 1994.[1] It is available as a generic medication.[2] A 5 milliliter bottle in the United Kingdom costs the NHS less than £2 as of 2019.[2] In the United States the wholesale cost of this amount is about US$7.10.[3] In 2017, it was the 281st most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than one million prescriptions.[4][5]