Ocular drug delivery-new strategies for targeting anterior and posterior segments of the eye

JF Fangueiro, F Veiga, AM Silva… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
The ocular delivery of drugs encounters several limitations because of the dynamic and
static barriers of the human's eye anatomy and physiology. The poor bioavailability of drugs …

Aqueous prostaglandin eye drop formulations

P Jansook, T Loftsson - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. It is
characterized by progressive optic neuropathy in association with damage to the optic nerve …

Thermosensitive chitosan-based hydrogel as a topical ocular drug delivery system of latanoprost for glaucoma treatment

YH Cheng, TH Tsai, YY Jhan, AW Chiu, KL Tsai… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ocular hypertension is a major risk factor for the development and progression of glaucoma.
Frequent and long-term application of latanoprost often causes undesirable local side …

Sustained delivery of latanoprost by thermosensitive chitosan–gelatin-based hydrogel for controlling ocular hypertension

YH Cheng, KH Hung, TH Tsai, CJ Lee, RY Ku… - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Glaucoma is an irreversible ocular disease that may lead to progressive visual field loss and
eventually to blindness with inadequately controlled intraocular pressure (IOP). Latanoprost …

Sustained release of an anti-glaucoma drug: demonstration of efficacy of a liposomal formulation in the rabbit eye

JV Natarajan, S Chattopadhyay, M Ang, A Darwitan… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Topical medication remains the first line treatment of glaucoma; however, sustained ocular
drug delivery via topical administration is difficult to achieve. Most drugs have poor …

Effects of topical latanoprost on intraocular pressure and myopia progression in young guinea pigs

NW El-Nimri, CF Wildsoet - Investigative Ophthalmology & …, 2018 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To determine whether latanoprost, a prostaglandin analog proven to be very
effective in reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) in humans, can also slow myopia …

24-h efficacy of glaucoma treatment options

AGP Konstas, L Quaranta, B Bozkurt, A Katsanos… - Advances in …, 2016 - Springer
Current management of glaucoma entails the medical, laser, or surgical reduction of
intraocular pressure (IOP) to a predetermined level of target IOP, which is commensurate …

Prodrug strategies in ocular drug delivery

M Barot, M Bagui, MR Gokulgandhi… - Medicinal …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Poor bioavailability of topically instilled drug is the major concern in the field of ocular drug
delivery. Efflux transporters, static and dynamic ocular barriers often possess rate limiting …

Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction as in aging and glaucoma

NN Osborne, CN Álvarez, S del Olmo Aguado - Drug discovery today, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Mitochondrial function can be enhanced to attenuate glaucoma and other
neuronal degenerating diseases with the use, for example, of red light.•Targeting neuronal …

[HTML][HTML] Management of glaucoma in pregnancy: risks or choices, a dilemma?

HS Sethi, M Naik, VS Gupta - International Journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The treatment of glaucoma in and around pregnancy offers the unique challenge of
balancing the risk of vision loss to the mother as against the potential harm to the fetus or …