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Tropikamid

Tropikamid - the medicine presented in the form of eye drops.

Active Глазные капли Тропикамидingredient - тропикамид (5 mg). Excipients: sodium chloride (7 mg), dinatrium ethylene diamine tetraacetate (0,5 mg), chloride a benzalkoniya of 50% (0,2 mg), hydrochloric acid, water for injections.

Pharmacological action of Tropikamid

Pharmacological action of Tropikamid - cholinolytic, mydriatic. Drug causes accommodation paralysis, a mydriasis (mydriasis), promotes blocking of m-holinoretseptorov. According to reviews to Tropikamid, medicine causes paralysis of accommodation, smaller in comparison with atropine, and has weaker influence on intraocular pressure. Nevertheless, Tropikamid's use according to the instruction is capable to cause to a certain extent his increase that should be considered to the patients having closed-angle glaucoma.

Tropikamid's action develops 5-10 minutes later after an instillation, reaching the maximum by 15-20 minutes. The mydriasis (at 0,5% solution) remains within 1 hour, when using 1% of solution - 2 hours. Accommodation paralysis (after instillation of 1% of solution) remains for 30 minutes. Optimum time of a research of an eye - 30-40 minutes (when using 0,5% of solution) and 25-30 minutes after a repeated instillation at 1% solution. Full completion of paralysis of accommodation is possible in 3 hours after instillation.

Tropikamid and analogs of drug are well soaked up in a system blood stream thanks to what emergence of system side effects which, according to reviews to Tropikamid, preferential, are observed at babies and patients at advanced age is possible.

Indications

According to the instruction Tropikamid is appointed when carrying out researches of lens, an eyeground, definition of a refraction. Drug is successfully used in surgical practice (at operations on a vitreous, a retina, a retina lazerkoagulyation), at treatment of inflammatory diseases of eyes, and also as a part of complex therapy as prophylactic of emergence of synechias in the postoperative period.

Contraindications

The mixed and closed-angle glaucoma, hypersensitivity to Tropikamid's components. Use of drug during pregnancy and feeding by a breast is undesirable, however, perhaps if the expected effect of Tropikamid's use exceeds potential danger to development of the child.

Side effects of Tropikamid

Упаковка ТропикамидLocal disturbances can be Tropikamid's effects: decrease in visual acuity, a bad attack of closed-angle glaucoma, increase in intraocular tension, fear of light, and also the system reactions representing according to reviews to Tropikamid, manifestations of concern, dryness in a mouth, excitement, a hyperthermia, a dysuria, tachycardia.

At the unsystematic use of Tropikamid without instruction there can be an overdose drug. Antidotes of means are beta adrenoblockers, benzodiazepines, physostigmine salicylate (in a dosage of 0,03 mg/kg at slow intravenous administration).

At Tropikamid's reception heavy drug addiction can intravenously develop.

Analogs

Tropikamid's analogs are eye drops Midriatsil, Midrum applied to diagnosis and treatment of diseases of an eyeglobe.

Special instructions

According to the instruction Tropikamid it is necessary to dig in in the lower conjunctival sac. During treatment it is necessary to refrain from the driving of motor transport and occupations potentially dangerous types of activity demanding long concentration of attention and speed of reaction. According to reviews to Tropikamid carrying contact lenses in usage time of drug is capable to have undesirable effects.

At not medical reception of Tropikamid intravenously there are following symptoms: confusion of consciousness, psychomotor excitement, emergence of hallucinations. Tropikamid's effects at administration of drug are extremely serious in the injection way: yellowing of skin, sharp falling of hemoglobin, non-recoverable loss of sight (up to a blindness), epileptic seizures. Tropikamid applied intravenously leads to emergence of heart troubles, muscle and internals pains, peeling of fabrics from a skeleton, to memory loss, madness, degradation of a brain and demands immediate complex treatment for drug addiction.

 
 
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