Editor Ashok Garg
MS, PhD, FIAO (Bel), FRSM, ADM, FAIMS, FICA
International and National Gold Medalist Medical Director Garg Eye Institute and Research Centre
235, Model Town, Dabra Chowk, Hisar (Haryana)-125005 India
Foreword by David Meyer
5Foreword
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Manual of Ophthalmic Drugs and Dosages
© 2005, Ashok Garg
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First Edition: 2005
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Medicines, drugs and chemicals have fascinated mankind for many centuries. Stimulated by the basic human instincts of experimentation, observation and plain curiosity modern medicine has developed the study of ocular pharmacology into an accurate and elaborate science. The knowledge of ophthalmic physiology, molecular biology and therapeutics is expanding so rapidly that it proves to be very difficult for the practicing ophthalmologist to keep abreast with all the available drugs and their individual dosages in our field, let alone in the rest of medicine. In our daily practice it would be wonderful to have access to Goodman and Gillman or Martindale at our desks or in our “pockets”, but alas these texts are so bulky that they usually are only reserved for libraries.
As a busy clinician himself, Dr Ashok Garg has experienced the need for an inexpensive, simple but comprehensive International Pocket Manual of Ophthalmic Drugs and Dosages that may be available on every clinic desk or carried around in our lab coat pockets comfortably. Based on the ever popular two editions of 6his Textbook of Ocular Therapeutics, this manual comes complete with all classes of drugs as well as their individual dosages currently and historically available to ophthalmologists.
I foresee that not only nurse practitioners, pharmacists, residents and medical officers but experienced practicing ophthalmologists as well will find this pocket manual of daily value in their practices. It's conciseness will furthermore remind us of the fact that our knowledge of therapeutics is evolving and that our understanding of drug actions constantly changes. Do keep an open mind to this truth.
David Meyer
mbchb, honnsbsc (pharm), mfgp (sa), mmed (ophth), fc ophth (sa), phd
Professor and Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Stellenbosch
TYGERBERG 7505
South Africa
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e-mail: dm2@sun.ac.za
Website: www.sun.ac.za/eye
7Preface
Dedicated Research in Ocular Pharmacotherapeutics have made tremendous progress specially in last one decade. A number of new ophthalmic therapeutic products are now available commercially specially in the field of Topical Antibiotics, Antiglaucoma, steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antiallergics and ophthalmic dyes to treat various ophthalmic diseases in a better way.
This Manual of Ophthalmic Drugs and Dosages has been prepared to provide reliable, succinct and rapid access to objective drug information and facilitate therapeutic decision making. This manual is a comprehensive ophthalmic drug information resource, which provide drug product information in a concise format.
Every effort has been made to incorporate the latest advances made in different branches of ocular therapeutics. This Manual is designed in a pharmacotherapeutic format with emphasis on drug entities, commercial product information and specific formulation availability.
I am highly thankful to Prof. David Meyer (South Africa) a pioneer in Ocular Therapeutics at an International level, who has kindly agreed to write Foreword for this International Manual. I am also grateful to my dear friend Dr Amar Agarwal and my family members who gave me 8encouragement and constant support to compile this manual.
My special thanks to Shri JP Vij, Chairman and Managing Director, and Mr Tarun Duneja, General Manager (Publishing) and all staff members of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher (P) Ltd. who extended full cooperation and always ready to include my last minute instructions in preparing this quality Manual and worked hard to publish it expeditiously.
I hope this Manual shall be valuable companion to every ophthalmologist.
Ashok Garg