 |
|
| OPHTHALMIC DRUGS
| |
| | |
|
|
 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Uses
To order this title, and for more information, click here
Fifth Edition
By
Graham Hopkins, BPharm, PhD, MRPharm, Pharmacist, Cheltenham, UK
Richard Pearson, MPhil, FBOA(HD), FCOptom, DipCLP, DipOrth, FAAO, Optometrist, Tonbridge, UK
Description
Completely updated and revised, this classic book provides the essential information on ocular therapeutics for the modern optometrist.
Retaining all the features that made previous editions so popular, the new fifth edition continues to provide a basic grounding in pharmacological
principles and drug types, before moving on to illustrate the scope of ocular therapeutics in the management of common acute conditions
affecting the anterior segment of the eye. Throughout the text there are numerous new clinical notes and ready-reference tables, making
for greater ease of use than ever before.
Contents
I General Principles
1 General pharmacological principles
2 Ocular autonomic innervation
3 Basic microbiology
4 Ophthalmic dosage
forms
5 Factors affecting the choice of diagnostic drugs
II Diagnostic Drugs and Products used in Optometry
6 Cycloplegics
7
Mydriatics
8 Miotics
9 Local anaesthetics
10 Stains
11 Contact lens solutions
III Therapeutic Drugs and their Uses
12 Drugs for
the treatment of infections
13 Anti-inflammatory agents
14 Drugs for the treatment of glaucoma
15 Artificial tears and ocular lubricants
16 Indications and contra-indications for ophthalmic drugs
17 Ocular first aid
IV Adverse Effects
18 Drug interactions
19 Adverse
ocular reactions to systemic drug treatment
Appendix UK Law
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 344 pages, publication date: OCT-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8864-2
ISBN-10: 0-7506-8864-5
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
|
062/623
Last update: 27 Sep 2008
|
|
| |
| | |
|
|
| |
