Use of 5-fluorourcil, delivered by iontophoresis as an inhibitor of cell proliferation in the eye, bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva, eyelid, peri-orbital soft tissues and skin

摘要

A method for treating neoplastic, angiogenic, fibroblastic, and/or immunosuppressive ocular irregularities of a living subject, comprising the steps of: providing a living subject, wherein the living subject includes an affected ocular area having a neoplastic, angiogenic, fibroblastic, and/or immunosuppressive irregularity; providing a 5' fluorouracil based medicament, wherein the 5' fluorouracil based medicament is capable of inhibiting DNA synthesis; associating a therapeutically effective concentration of the 5' fluorouracil based medicament with the affected ocular area of the living subject; and decreasing the neoplastic, angiogenic, fibroblastic, and/or immunosuppressive ocular irregularity of the living subject.