The Actions and Uses of Ophthalmic Drugs
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The Actions and Uses of Ophthalmic Drugs

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The Actions and Uses of Ophthalmic Drugs

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The Actions and Uses of Ophthalmic Drugs, Third Edition discuses the application and discrimination in the use of ophthalmic drugs. The book reviews the general pharmacological principles including drug nomenclature, pharmacological classification, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and the use of these drugs. Ophthalmic drugs (cycloplegics, mydriatics, miotics) directly or indirectly, stimulate or inhibit a part of the autonomic nervous system connected to the intra-ocular muscles. The text investigates in detail the structure and function of this involuntary nervous system in the orbital region as it is affected by these drugs. The book explains the different drug classifications, their therapeutic and diagnostic purposes, including the ideal properties, indications, contra-indications, mode of action, or adverse effects of cycloplegics, of mydriatics, and of miotics. The book also describes the uses and characteristics of local anesthetics, stains, anti-infective agents, and miscellaneous agents (antihistamines, vasoconstrictors). The text explains the different types of contact lens solutions, application of ocular first aid, as well as, the possible adverse ocular reactions that can occur during ophthalmic drug therapy. This book is suitable for optometrists, pharmacists, pharmacologists, students and professors related to the discipline of optometry and general medicine.

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Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2013
ISBN
9781483192048
Edition
3
Topic
Medizin
Subtopic
Chirurgie & chirurgische Medizin

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Actions and Uses of Ophthalmic Drugs
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface to the third edition
  7. Preface to the first edition
  8. Chapter 1. General pharmacological principles
  9. Chapter 2. Ocular autonomic innervation and neurohumoral transmission
  10. Chapter 3. Basic microbiology
  11. Chapter 4. Introduction to ophthalmic drugs
  12. Chapter 5. Cycloplegics
  13. Chapter 6. Mydriatics
  14. Chapter 7. Miotics
  15. Chapter 8. Local anaesthetics
  16. Chapter 9. Stains
  17. Chapter 10. Anti-infective agents
  18. Chapter 11. Miscellaneous agents
  19. Chapter 12. Contact lens solutions
  20. Chapter 13. Ocular first aid
  21. Chapter 14. Legal aspects
  22. Chapter 15. Drugs used in ophthalmology—anti-infectives
  23. Chapter 16. Drugs used in ophthalmology— anti-inflammatory agents
  24. Chapter 17. Drugs used in ophthalmology—anti-glaucoma drugs
  25. Chapter 18. Adverse ocular reactions to drug therapy
  26. Appendix
  27. Index