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What is Isopto Homatropine? Homatropine relaxes muscles in the iris (the colored part) of your eye. Relaxing these muscles helps to dilate or widen your pupil. Isopto Homatropine (for the eyes) is used to treat an eye condition called uveitis.
ISOPTO® Homatropine Eye Drops is used, either alone or in combination with other eye drops/medicines, to enlarge (dilate) the pupil of the eye and to prevent the eyes from focusing.
Homatropine (Equipin, Isopto Homatropine) is an anticholinergic medication that is an antagonist at muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and thus the parasympathetic nervous system. It is used in eye drops as a cycloplegic (to temporarily paralyze accommodation), and as a mydriatic (to dilate the pupil).
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This medication is used before eye examinations (such as refraction), before and after certain eye surgeries, and to treat certain eye conditions (such as uveitis). It belongs to a class of drugs known as anticholinergics. Homatropine hydrobromide works by widening (dilating) the pupil of the eye.
BRAND NAME (S): Isopto Homatropine. USES: This medication is used before eye examinations (e.g., refraction), before and after certain eye surgeries, and to treat certain eye conditions (e.g., uveitis). It belongs to a class of drugs known as anticholinergics.
Ophthalmic atropine, homatropine, and scopolamine are used to dilate (enlarge) the pupil of the eye. They are used before eye examinations, before and after eye surgery, and to treat certain eye conditions, such as uveitis or posterior synechiae.
Introduction. Mydriatic and cycloplegic; tertiary amine antimuscarinic. Uses for Homatropine. Ophthalmologic Examination. Used to produce mydriasis and cycloplegia for refraction. However, because homatropine has prolonged mydriatic and relatively weak cycloplegic effects, other antimuscarinics may be preferred. Ophthalmic Inflammation.
Generic: 5% (5 mL) Pharmacology. Mechanism of Action. Blocks response of iris sphincter muscle and the accommodative muscle of the ciliary body to cholinergic stimulation resulting in dilation (mydriasis) and paralysis of accommodation (cycloplegia) Use: Labeled Indications.
1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE. ISOPTO® Atropine 1% is indicated for: 1.1 Mydriasis - 1.2 Cycloplegia - 1.3 Penalization of the healthy eye in the treatment of amblyopia. 2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION.