Overview
- Current review of the basic principles of ocular pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and drug delivery including novel approaches to delivering compounds to the eye like sustained-release implants, cell therapy, and gene therapy
- Review of existing and future therapies for ocular diseases from the eye lids to the optic nerve
- Discussion of potential adverse effects of pharmacologic treatments and limitationof side effects in the treatment of ocular disease
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology (HEP, volume 242)
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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 where treatments existed, we now have effective therapy for previously untreatable and blinding eye disorders. This volume will cover the pharmacologic treatment of eye diseases from the front of the eye including eyelids, conjunctiva and cornea all the way back to the retina and optic nerve. The first section of the volume reviews general principles of ocular pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmaceutical sciences, and drug delivery. In addition, the volume provides an up to date guide to the pharmacologic approach to the key eye diseases that threaten sight or ocular function.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pharmacologic Therapy of Ocular Disease
Editors: Scott M. Whitcup, Dimitri T. Azar
Series Title: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58290-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58288-7Published: 16 June 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86366-5Published: 04 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58290-0Published: 05 June 2017
Series ISSN: 0171-2004
Series E-ISSN: 1865-0325
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 394
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, Ophthalmology