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This medical PowerPoint presentation is about ocular pharmacology, the study of drugs and their effects on the eyes and related structures. It involves the use of medications to treat various eye diseases and disorders, such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, and dry eye syndrome.

There are several categories of ocular drugs, including antibiotics, antivirals, anti-inflammatory agents, corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, and antiglaucoma agents. These drugs can be administered topically, orally, or intravenously, depending on the condition being treated and the severity of the disease.

Topical ocular medications are the most common form of treatment for ocular conditions. They are usually applied directly to the eye as eye drops or ointments. Topical medications have a lower risk of systemic side effects than oral medications, but they may cause local side effects such as irritation or burning sensation.

In addition to pharmacological treatments, there are also surgical and non-pharmacological interventions used in ocular therapy. For example, lasers can be used to treat conditions such as retinal detachment and glaucoma. Also, dietary supplements such as omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins can help improve eye health and reduce the risk of certain eye diseases.

Ocular pharmacology is an important field in medicine that helps to preserve and restore vision for people with eye diseases and disorders. It is critical for optometrists, ophthalmologists, and other healthcare professionals to have a thorough understanding of ocular pharmacology in order to provide the best possible care for their patients.

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Ocular Pharmacology Acute Eye Course Dr. Sonya Bennett
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Routes of Administration
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Overview delivery methods - eye drops, ointments, injections drug classifications case
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Eye drops most ocular medications are delivered topically - maximizes anterior segment concentrations and minimizes systemic toxicity drug gradient from tear reservoir to corneal and conjunctival epithelium forces passive absorption
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Eye drops Factors affecting absorption: drug concentration (limited by tonicity) and solubility (aqueous solution v’s suspension) viscosity (increased residence time)
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Eye drops lipid solubility: lipid rich epithelial cell membrane v’s water rich stroma pH and ionic charge - most eye drops are weak bases existing in both charged and uncharged forms enhancing absorption
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Eye drops Surfactants - preservatives used are surface-active agents that alter cell membranes in the cornea as well as bacteria, increasing drug permeability and preventing bacterial contamination
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Eye drops Reflex tearing: ocular irritation and secondary tearing wash out of the drug reservoir in the tears and reduce contact time with cornea. This occurs when drops are not isotonic, have non-physiological pH or contain irritants
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Eye drops Tissue binding: proteins in the tears and on the ocular surface may bind drug making the drug unavailable or creating a slow release reservoir. This may affect peak effect and duration of action as well as delayed local toxicity eg. ongoing toxic retinal effects of hydroxychloroquine even after discontinuation
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Eye ointments increases contact time of drug with ocular surface mixture of petrolatum and mineral oil water-soluble drugs are insolvent in the ointment and are present as microcrystals. The surface microcrystals dissolve in the tears, the rest are trapped until the ointment melts
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Eye ointments only drugs with high lipid solubility and some water solubility will get into both tears and corneal epithelium eg. chloramphenicol and tetracycline both achieve higher aqueous levels as ointment rather than drops
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Peri-ocular injections subconjunctival, subTenon’s and retrobulbar allow drugs to bypass the conjunctival/corneal epithelial barrier and reach therapeutic levels in the posterior segment eg anaesthetic agents, steroids, botulinum toxin
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Intraocular injections allow instant drug delivery at therapeutic concentrations to target site intracameral eg. antibiotics, viscoelastics, miochol intravitreal eg. triamcinolone, avastin
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Systemic drug getting into eye from systemic circulation limited by tight junctions in vascular endothelium of retinal vessels, and non-pigmented epithelium of ciliary body drugs with higher lipid solubility pass through blood-ocular barrier more readily
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Systemic extent of drug bound to plasma proteins also effects access of drug into eye - only unbound form can pass blood-ocular barrier bolus administration exceeds the capacity of a drug to bind to plasma proteins and so leads to higher intraocular drug levels than with slow IV drip
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Sustained release devices devices available for steroid, gancyclovir delivery within vitreous cavity
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Classes of Drugs
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Cholinergics Muscarinic Nicotinic
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Adrenergic agents direct acting eg.phenylephrine indirect acting eg. brimonidine agonists eg dipivefrin
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Beta-blockers important to be aware of side effect profile before administering
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Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors dorzolamide, brinzolamide, acetazolamide
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Osmotic agents glycerol, mannitol
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NSAIDs topical, oral
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Steroids prevent or suppress local hyperthermia, vascular congestion, oedema, pain of inflammatory responses.... and late inflammatory responses such as capillary and fibroblast proliferation, collagen deposition and scarring
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Antivirals acyclovir, gancyclovir, foscarnet
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Local anaesthetics oxybuprocain, alacaine, tetracaine lignocaine, bupivacaine
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so many..... pick one drug per week and learn its indications, contraindications, actions, side effects
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Case AJ
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Presentation 48 yr old man with five year history of low grade anterior uveitis OD VA 6/5 IOP 38mmHg on cosopt BD, brimonidine BD, pred forte QID
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Case AJ
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clear cornea quiet anterior chamber larger area of iris transillumination open drainage angle, though surface appeared irregular clear lens disc 0.7, full HVF, healthy macula
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Questions What other IOP lowering drops are safe to use? Is the steroid having an effect on the IOP? Should I give him Diamox tablets? Can he be controlled medically? the roller coaster ride starts.....
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Choice of IOP lowering agents potential for exacerbation of uveitis (and CMO) with hypotensive lipids and brimonidine
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Choice of IOP lowering agents Order of introduction of agents that I use: timolol, brinzolamide, brimonidine, latanoprost speed of effect of drops important? yes want fast response hypotensive lipids can lower IOP sooner than initially thought (days not weeks)
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Choice of IOP lowering agents theoretically using topical NSAIDs may reduce the effectivity of hypotensive lipids, though clinical evidence lacking
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Choice of IOP lowering agents Diamox long list of side effects, interaction with cyclopsorin and folic acid antagonists in chronic uveitis, ciliary body aqueous production can be reduced, and so may be exquisitely sensitive to CAIs (oral or topical)
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Is it a Steroid Response? not often evident as to if it is directly related to steroids or attributable to uveitis more likely in younger patient need to treat uveitis adequately or the IOP can elevate due to trabeculitis or increased aqueous viscosity balancing act!
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Treating steroid response reduce the steroid as much uveitis allows choice of steroid: prednisone, dexamethasone, fluoromethalone
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Progress reduced the pred forte quickly and added diamox IOP reduced so came off diamox several weeks later IOP bounced up again so latanoprost added excellent response initially but after a couple of months IOP back up at 42mmHg
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Progress Added diamox and increased pred forte reduced pred forte but IOP didn’t lower enough to stop diamox..... time for a trabeculectomy (after 5 months)
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Progress Trab with MMC - IOP 12 mmHg Phaco/PCIOl with IOL and Morcher implants to block iris defects VA 6/6 IOP 14
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Thank you!