Ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : a primary care guide /
This is the third volume in the series based on a popular and well-received set of articles published in Optician magazine, and thoroughly updated to incorporate the latest drug information. It is comprehensive in its coverage of all issues relating to ocular therapeutics -- from record keeping for...
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Oxford ; Boston :
Butterworth-Heinemann/Optician,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- An introduction: The issues surrounding the future expansion of the optometrists' role in ocular therapeutics in the UK; Legislation, legal aspects of medicine use and medicine types; Anatomy, neurophysiology and neuropharmacology of the eye; Neuropharmacology of the central and autonomic nervous system; Ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, their formulation and use; Medication-related adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and the anterior eye tissues; Vasodilation and inflammation of the anterior surface and its management; Medication-related adverse drug reactions (ADRs)
- extra and intraocular muscles; Anti-infective drugs for ophthalmic use in primary eye care; Ophthalmic corticosteroids: management of the ocular inflammatory response; Systemic medications, intraocular pressure and the medical management of open-angle glaucoma; Appendix
- UK-marketed pharmaceuticals relevant to management of ocular diseases.