Methods and means for drug administration
First Claim
1. Method for delivery of drugs to the optic nerve head of an eye and its surrounding region, comprising contacting the surface of the eye with an effective amount of a drug for treatment of the optic nerve head and a physiologically acceptable prostaglandin or prostaglandin derivative for enhancing delivery of the drug to the optic nerve head, in opthalmologically acceptable carrier.
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Abstract
Method and means for delivery of drugs to the optic nerve head and the region surrounding it which comprises contacting the surface of the eye with an effective amount of a drug for treatment of said nerve head and a physiologically acceptable prostaglandin or prostaglandin derivative for enhancing delivery of the drug to the nerve head, in an opththalmologically acceptable carrier.
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19 Claims
- 1. Method for delivery of drugs to the optic nerve head of an eye and its surrounding region, comprising contacting the surface of the eye with an effective amount of a drug for treatment of the optic nerve head and a physiologically acceptable prostaglandin or prostaglandin derivative for enhancing delivery of the drug to the optic nerve head, in opthalmologically acceptable carrier.
- 5. A method for enhancing delivery of a drug to the optic nerve head for treatment of diseases in the optic nerve head region in the eye, comprising contacting the eye with a physiologically acceptable prostaglandin or prostaglandin derivative and contacting the eye with the drug.
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19. A method for increasing the permeability of a drug in the ciliary muscle to enhance the diffusion of the drug into the suprachoroidal space of the eye to treat the optic nerve head, comprising contacting the surface of the eye with a psychologically acceptable prostaglandin or prostaglandin derivative and contacting the eye with the drug.
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