Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 1. Edition. 336 pages. Illustrated in colours. 'Pharmacotherapy in Glaucoma' is a collection of expert papers around the issues of medical treatment of glaucoma. The editors tell us that "this book should fulfil the expectations of both interested clinicians andscientists" and it certainly does that. Content: Preface, Pharmacodynamics General Aspects of drug-tissue Interaction, Pharmacological Mechanisms of Action of Drugs Commonly used to treat Glaucoma Patients, From the Molecule to the Commercially Available Drug, Pharmaceutical Qualities of Drug Suitable for the Eye, Physiological Aspects in the Transfer of Topical Drugs into, within, and out of the Eye, New Aspects in aqueous Humor Dynamics, Adrenergic Regulation and Its Therapeutic Aspects in the Eye, Beta-Blockers in the Treatment of Glaucoma, Comparison of the a2-Agonists Clonidine, Apraclonidine and Brimonidine, Parasympathetic Drugs in the Eye, Carbonic Anhydrase: Pharmacology and Inhibition, Use of Topical Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition in Glaucoma Treatment, Prostaglandins: Mediators of Intraocular Pressure Control?, Prostaglandin Receptors in Ocular Tissues and their Pharmacological Influence, Glaucoma Treatment with Latanoprost, Systemic Hypertension and Hypertension: General Aspects and Impact on Glaucoma, Should and Can Vasospasms be Treated?, The Role of Vasospasm in Pathogenesis of Diseases, Advantages and Disadvantages of Glaucoma Surgery and Antimetabolites, Trabeculectomy with a Scleral Tunnel Technique Combined with Mitomycin-C, Protection from Ganlion Cell Death by substances that Act on Calcium Channels, Neuroprotection: The Wiev of a Neurobiologist, Neuroprotection in the Eye: What's on the Horizon?, Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and the Role og Pharmacotherapy in the Management of Glaucoma Patients, The COMOD system - A Preservative-free Drug Therapy Against Glaucoma, Index.