Pharmacologic Therapy of Ocular Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Whitcup, Scott M. (Editor), Azar, Dimitri T. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 242
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Ophthalmology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.

There have been major advancements in the pharmacologic treatment of eye diseases over the past decade. With newly discovered disease targets and novel approaches to deliver therapeutic compounds to the eye, patients are seeing improved outcomes. Not only are there better treatments for diseases whe...

Table of Contents:

• General Principles: Principles of Ocular Pharmacology
• Ocular Pharmacokinetics
• Ocular Drug Delivery
• Anterior Segment and Tear Film: Tear Film-dry eye
• Conjunctiva-allergic conjunctivitis, infectious conjunctivitis, conjunctival hyperemia
• Cornea-Keratitis, antibiotics, antifungals, anti-virals, anti-inflammatory agents including corticosteroids and NSAIDS
• Cornea-Keratoconus and other corneal disease, Pharmacologic cross-linking and future therapy
• Lens-management of cataract surgery, cataract prevention, floppy iris syndrome
• Trabecular Meshwork and Uvea: Glaucoma-Intraocular Pressure Reduction
• Glaucoma-Neuroprotection
• Uveitis
• Posterior Segment and Optic Nerve: Retina Anti-angiogenesis, AMD, Myopia, DME
• Retina Anti-inflammatory therapy, corticosteroids, anti-complement, AMD, DME
• Atrophic AMD
• Hereditary Retinal Disease
• Optic Nerve.