Pharmacology
          Learn in details the commonly used in ocular drugs including their pharmacokinetics and side effects. Commonly confused facts include the various autonomic receptors of the ocular structures and selectivity of different beta blockers.
             
            • drug distribution and factors involved
             
            • drug allergy
             
            • renal drug clearance of acidic drugs
             
            • drug absorption
             
            • drug monitoring
             
            • autonomic innervation
                • agnoist and antagonists
                drugs used in testing pupil anomalies for eg Horner's and Adie's pupil
                drugs causing mydriasis without affecting light reflex
                drugs causing impaired accommodation
                beta blockers: selectivity and side effects
                atropine: action and side effects
                phenylephrine
                thymoxamine
                guanethidine
                pilocarpine
                physiostigmine
                cocaine
                antichoinesterase
                 
            • other topical ocular medication
                • steroids
                acetazolamide
                latanoprost
             
            • botulinum toxins
             
            • systemic drugs
                • acetazolamide
                steroids
                chloroquine
                hydroxychloroquine
                cyclosporins
                H1-blockers
                digoxin/digitalis
                warfarin
                propanolol
             
            • anesthetics
                • local anesthetics
                thiopentone
                suxamethonium
                halothane
             
            • antibiotics
                • actions and side effects
                antiviral: acyclovir, foscanet and gancyclovir
                penicillin
                chloramphenicol
                tetracycline
                pyrimethamine
                sulphonamide
                fusidic acid
                gentamicin
                 
                 
                 
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