It is well known that eye pressure varies over a 24-hour period,1-6 but the mechanisms that regulate this eye pressure rhythm are not yet fully known. Drance reported that 84% of normal eyes (N=320 eyes) had eye pressure fluctuations of less than 5 mmHg in contrast to only 6% of untreated glaucomatous eyes (N=138).7 Drance clearly recognized that eye pressure factors were more variable in eyes with glaucoma. Attention to this eye pressure fluctuation during glaucoma treatment is important because fluctuation leads to progression. The variation in eye pressure drug response profiles measured at selected times over a 24-hour period is related to the mechanism of action of these drugs, endogenous circadian rhythms, and glaucoma. The molecular and genetic tools are now available to identify potential genetic markers for these variable traits.