INN: Pilocarpin
Presentation: 1% eye drops 1.5 ml dropper tube 5 units per pack; 1% eye drops 5 ml dropper bottle 1 unit per pack
Included in the List of Vital and Essential Drugs
Registration number: LS-001385
By prescription
Pharmacotherapeutic group: antiglaucoma agent, m-cholinomimetic agent.
Indications for use:
- acute (closed angle) glaucoma;
- secondary glaucoma (vascular, post-traumatic (burns));
- primary open-angle glaucoma (in conjunction with β-blockers or other other agents to decrease intra-ocular pressure);
- to contract the iris after the installation of mydriatics.
Shelf life: unopened – 2 years, opened – 1 month.