Structures and fluids involved in the penetration of topically applied drugs.
Structures and fluids involved in the penetration of topically applied drugs.
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参与局部药物渗透的结构和液体。
DOI:
10.1097/00004397-198002030-00004
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发表时间:
1980
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通讯作者:
Maurice,DM
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作者:
Maurice,DM
An understanding of the movement of a drug from an eyedrop to its target can be based only on a consideration of tissue barriers and depots and of the fluid drainage systems that stand between them. The kinetics are fairly straightforward when the drug is in the tear fluid, but they are less well understood in the ciliary body, for example. When a drop of drug solution is instilled into the eye, its permea-tion through the anterior structures is considered to take place in two phases: the penetrating phase when it is entering the tissues, and the declining phase when it is washing out. The amount entering the cornea during the penetrating phase is determined by the time during which it is in contact with the cornea, and is controlled by both tear fluid dynamics and the permeability of the corneal epithelium. The concentration of a drug in the cornea approaches its peak within a few minutes, and then penetration continues into the anterior chamber. If permeability of the corneal endothelium is low, the build-up in the aqueous humor is controlled by its own turnover rate and will take up to 2 hours to peak. If endothelial permeability is high, on the other hand, aqueous concentration can rise to its maximum in from10 to 20 minutes, During the declining phase the cornea may act as a reservoir, grad-ually releasing the drug at a rate that determines how slowly the concentration in the eye falls. At the other extreme the cornea may come into equilibrium with the aqueous humor, so that the rate of decline in concentration will be determined by the loss coefficient from the an-