Compounding Guide for Ophthalmic Preparations
by Linda F. McElhiney
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Pub Date May 15 2013 | Archive Date Mar 10 2014
Description
Pharmacists and ophthalmologists now have a complete guide to preparing quality compounded ophthalmic medications. The Compounding Guide for Ophthalmic Preparations is a single-source, user-friendly reference that contains 176 drug monographs. Author Linda F. McElhiney performed a rigorous search of pharmacy literature to glean the necessary information to compound quality ophthalmic preparations. She then put the “puzzle pieces” together to develop suitable formulas. The drug monographs in this book provide up-to-date stability information based on reliable references and published stability studies.
Key Features
• Chapters 1–3 discuss compounding guidelines for
sterile ophthalmic preparations, sterilizing techniques, and quality assurance
procedures. This information is based on the United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
standards.
• Chapter 4 provides an extensive explanation of the components of
sterile ophthalmic preparations: preservatives, antioxidants, viscosity agents,
toxicity, clarity, pH and buffers, vehicles and bases, and active pharmaceutical
ingredients.
• Chapters 5–9 provide background information on a particular
type of ophthalmic preparation, hazardous preparations, topical preparations,
ocular injections, topical ointments, and blood-derived preparations,
respectively followed by step-by-step instructions for commonly compounded
ophthalmic drugs.
• An appendix provides sodium equivalent values for various
concentrations of drugs commonly used in ophthalmic preparations.
• Each drug
monograph provides information on ingredients, preparation, packaging and
labeling, beyond-use date, therapeutic use, quality control parameters, special
notes, and reference citations for clinical evidence.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
General Compounding
Standards and Guidelines for Compounding Ophthalmic Preparations Sterilization
and Depyrogenation Methods
Quality Assurance for Ophthalmic
Preparations
Components in Ophthalmic Preparations
Compounding with
Hazardous and Biohazardous Materials
Ophthalmic Topical Liquids
Ophthalmic
Ointments
Ocular Injections
Human Blood-Derived Preparations
Appendix:
Sodium Equivalent Values for Commonly Used Drugs in
Ophthalmic
Preparations
Index
Advance Praise
"The author notes in the preface that, 'No one should ever lose their vision because it is difficult for pharmacists to find the information or a compounded medication is not properly prepared according to USP standards.... Patients deserve to receive quality compounded preparations.' I couldn't agree more, and such a complete reference on ophthalmics is long overdue. I donated my copy to the hospital pharmacist at our institution, and strongly feel that any pharmacy that prepares ophthalmics should have this book."
--Patrick J McDonnell, Pharm.D.(Temple University School of Pharmacy)
Doody's Score: 95 - 4 Stars!
"Finally, an updated ophthalmic preparations compounding resource! Now,
pharmacists and ophthalmologists have a complete guide to preparing quality
compounded ophthalmic medications. This easy-to-use book is a must for any
compounding pharmacy involved in compounding ophthalmic
preparations."
--Compounding This Week, July 12, 2013
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781582121772 |
| PRICE | $73.50 (USD) |
