What are ocular drugs?
Ocular drug delivery system (ODDS) is a dosage form, vehicle, or system intended for instilling, administering, or delivering drug/medicine to eye against any ailment or disorder involving or affecting vision. From: Drug Delivery Devices and Therapeutic Systems, 2021.
What is ocular in ophthalmology?
Ocular oncology involves the study and treatment of tumors that occur in or around the eye. These tumors can range from harmless to potentially life-threatening, and may cause vision loss or loss of the eye itself.
What does ocular history mean?
Ocular History. Active or past history of any eye condition such as glaucoma, cataracts, keratoconus, injuries or amblyopia?
What is ocular bioavailability?
The absolute ocular bioavailability is the ratio of the dose-normalized areas under the concentration curve (AUC) in aqueous humour after topical and intracameral administration, respectively. In the latter case, the drug is directly injected into the anterior chamber and this situation represents 100% bioavailability.
What are the various types of ocular drug preparation?
NOVEL OCULAR DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS
- Nanomicelles. Nanomicelles are the most commonly used carrier systems to formulate therapeutic agents in to clear aqueous solutions.
- Nanoparticles. Nanoparticles are colloidal carriers with a size range of 10 to 1000 nm.
- Nanosuspensions.
- Liposomes.
What is ophthalmic system?
It forms the exposed surface of the eye and is the site for administration of local drugs for treatment of ocular diseases on the surface (e.g., conjunctivitis) as well as inside the eye (e.g., glaucoma, iritis). The conjunctiva is a mucous membrane that covers the anterior surface of the eyeball.
What is ocular pathology?
Ophthalmic Pathology, also known as eye or ocular pathology, is a highly specialized branch of the medical laboratory specialty. Clinical Ophthalmic Pathology involves gross and microscopic examination and diagnosis of eyes and ocular adnexal tissues that are removed surgically.
What is ocular condition?
Ocular diseases are those that affect the eye health and vision in patients of all different ages. While the majority of ocular diseases the general population is familiar with affect older adults, this is not to say younger, healthy individuals are not at risk.
Why is ocular history important?
Family eye history It is important to ask the patient whether any other member of the family has a similar condition or another eye disease. This can help to establish familial predisposition of inheritable ocular disorders like glaucoma, retinoblastoma or congenital eye diseases, diabetes and hypertension.
What is ocular hypertension?
Ocular hypertension is when the pressure inside the eye (intraocular pressure or IOP) is higher than normal. With ocular hypertension, the front of the eye does not drain fluid properly. This causes eye pressure to build up.
What is ophthalmic history taking?
Ophthalmic history taking is an important skill that is often assessed in OSCEs. This guide provides a structured approach to exploring common ophthalmic complaints such as visual disturbance, red eye and eye pain in an OSCE setting.