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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2-8 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Contact Lens and Anterior Eye |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 4 Sep 2015 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2016 |
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Keywords
- UK optometrists
- prescribing
- Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD)
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On the prescribing of oral doxycycline or minocycline by UK optometrists as part of management of chronic Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD). / Doughty, Michael.
In: Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, Vol. 39, No. 1, 02.2016, p. 2-8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - On the prescribing of oral doxycycline or minocycline by UK optometrists as part of management of chronic Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD)
AU - Doughty, Michael
N1 - Acceptance from webpage
PY - 2016/2
Y1 - 2016/2
N2 - The aim of this research was to review the special pharmacology of tetracycline antibiotics as anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment of obstructive Meibomian gland disease (MGD). PubMed was used as principal resource for articles, regardless of language, on doxycycline and minocycline with key interests being on their serum and tissue pharmacokinetics and their use in clinical studies as part of management of MGD.
AB - The aim of this research was to review the special pharmacology of tetracycline antibiotics as anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment of obstructive Meibomian gland disease (MGD). PubMed was used as principal resource for articles, regardless of language, on doxycycline and minocycline with key interests being on their serum and tissue pharmacokinetics and their use in clinical studies as part of management of MGD.
KW - UK optometrists
KW - prescribing
KW - Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD)
U2 - 10.1016/j.clae.2015.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.clae.2015.08.002
M3 - Article
VL - 39
SP - 2
EP - 8
IS - 1
ER -