11.5 MYDRIATICS AND CYCLOPLEGICS

Antimuscarinics dilate the pupil and paralyse the ciliary muscle.

GREEN Atropine unit dose eye drops 1%

RED Cyclopentolate

eye drops 0.5%, 1%

unit dose eye drops 0.5%, 1%

RED Phenylephrine unit dose eye drops 2.5%

GREEN Tropicamide 0.5%, 1% eye drops (with preservative)

Tropicamide unit dose eye drops 0.5%, 1%

RED Mydrane solution for injection 0.6ml ampoules.

( Lidocaine hydrochloride 10 mg per 1 ml, Phenylephrine hydrochloride 3.1 mg per 1 ml, Tropicamide 200 microgram per 1 ml)

RED Tropicamide/phenylephrine opthalmic inserts (Mydriasert®)

(Specialist use only - pre-operative mydraisis or diagnostic purposes when monotherapy is known to be insufficient)

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