Ophthalmic therapeutics

E. Vidal, M. Guigues, G. Balansard, and R. Elias, Determination of ophthalmic therapeutic metipranolol and its degradation product by reversed-phase HPLC, J. Chromatogr., 348 304 (1985). 

Antibacterial agents are probably the most commonly used ophthalmic therapeutic agents in the horse (Regnier 1999). Overuse or inappropriate use is common in veterinary practice and has been implicated as a risk factor in keratomycosis (Andrew et al 1998), possibly by disrupting commensal population dynamics in the healthy external eye. 

Solutions The two major physical forms of eyedrops are aqueous solutions and suspensions. Nearly all the major ophthalmic therapeutic agents are water soluble or... 

Zeimer R, Goldberg MF. Novel ophthalmic therapeutic modalities based on noninvasive light-targeted drug delivery to the posterior pole of the eye. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2001 52 49-61. 

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