Pharmacology of Ocular Therapeutics

Providing an integrated review of ocular therapeutics across all relevant scientific domains, this book addresses the real-world requirements of ophthalmologists, pharmacists and optometrists, as observed in working side-by-side with these practitioners. Knowledge regarding the various agents used in ophthalmic practice has,historically, been scattered. Compiling the key aspects of these agents, in terms of pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutical sciences, ocular biochemistry and cell biology, provides an overview essential to comprehensive understanding of ocular drug therapy.§§Chapters address factors affecting drug transfer across barriers, systemic toxicity of topically applied drugs, autonomic drugs used for diagnostics, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, glaucoma and antimicrobial therapies, and avenues for the development of new ocular drugs. The book also provides insights from drugs of herbal origin.§§Valuable detail on pharmacological and pharmaceutical aspects of agents and formulations that are extemporaneously prepared in clinics and dispensaries is provided to inform day-to-day clinical practice in ophthalmology. Practicing and resident ophthalmologists, optometrists, pharmacists, nursing professionals and scholars in ocular drug research will benefit from explorations ofmucoadhesive polymers as tear substitutes, innovative ocular drug delivery systems, stem cell therapy, ocular pharmacogenomics, and§anti-angiogenic ocular chemotherapy, amongst other agents described.§§