Overview
- Discusses challenges in administration of medication to the eye
- Summarizes diseases of the eye
- Informs about specialized drug delivery systems for the eye
- Evaluates ocular products
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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The eye is a computerized system that has been designed for self-defense, and these defense mechanisms create challenges in administration of medications to the eye.
Therefore, ocular drug delivery has been a major challenge to drug delivery researchers. There are on-going studies, in search of treatment especially for the diseases affecting the posterior segment of the eye. This book gives and overview of the background of ocular drug delivery and is unique for pharmacists, medical practitioners, students and drug delivery researchers.Similar content being viewed by others
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ocular Drug Delivery: Advances, Challenges and Applications
Editors: Richard T. Addo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47691-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47689-6Published: 25 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83798-7Published: 29 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47691-9Published: 16 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 185
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour