... Ocularpharmacokineticsincludesthefeaturesofabsorption,distribu-tion,andexcretionfoundwithsystemicadministrationbutappliedtotheeye.However,owingtotheuniqueanatomyandphysiologyoftheeyeandsurroundingtissue,ocularpharmacokineticsisconsiderablymoredifficulttodescribeandpredictthanitssystemiccounterpart.Thetaskisfurthercomplicatedbythevariousformulations,routes,anddosingregimenstypi-callyencounteredinophthalmology.Pharmacodynamicsisthemeasurementofpharmacologicalresponserelativetodoseorconcentration.Thepharmacologicalresponseinducedbyadrugcanvarygreatlyfromindividualtoindividualduetodifferencesinfactorssuchaseyepigmentation,thepathologicalstateoftheeye,tearing,orblinkrate.Theapplicationofpharmacologicalendpointsisparticularlyusefulinthestudyofdrugsinthehumaneye,wheretheabilitytodeterminetheocularpharmacokineticsbasedonoculartissueconcentrationsisseverelylimited.Thischapterdiscussestheocularpharmacokineticsassociatedwithtopicalocular,intravitreal,periocular,andsystemicadministration.Inaddi-tion,thepharmacodynamicsrelatedtoophthalmicdrugsandtheroleofoculardrugmetabolismarereviewed.II.OCULARPHARMACOKINETICSApplicationofclassicalpharmacokineticstoophthalmicdrugsisprob-lematicbecauseofthecomplexitiesassociatedwitheyeanatomyandphy-siology.Asaresult,mostoftheliteratureislimitedtomeasuringconcentrationsinoculartissuesovertimefollowingsingleormultipleadministration.Thisapproach,whileinformative,doesnoteasilyyieldquantitativepredictionsforchangesinformulationordosageregimen.Compoundingtheproblemisthefactthatmoststudieshavebeenconductedinrabbiteyes,whichdiffersignificantlyfromhumaneyesinanatomyandphysiology(seeTable1).themostobviousdifferencesareinblink ... blood-ocular transportstudies: application to amino acids. Exp. Eye Res., 54: 471 47 7.Zlokovic, B. V., Mackic, J. B., McComb, J. G., Kaplowitz, N., Weiss, M. H.,andKannan, R. (19 94) . Blood-to-lens ... Weinkam, R. J. (19 84) . Ocular and sys-temic bioavailability of ophthalmic flurbiprofen. J. Pharmacokin. Biopharm.,12:611. 47 . Ding, S., Chen, C C., Salome-Kesslak, R., Tang-Liu, D. D S., andHimmelstein,...