Minims Pilocarpine Nitrate 2% 20mg/mL eye drops tube

Country: Аустралија

Језик: Енглески

Извор: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

Активни састојак:

pilocarpine nitrate, Quantity: 20 mg/mL

Доступно од:

Bausch & Lomb Australia Pty Ltd

Фармацеутски облик:

Eye Drops, solution

Састав:

Excipient Ingredients: purified water

Пут администрације:

Ophthalmic

Јединице у пакету:

20 X 0.5mL

Класа:

Medicine Registered

Тип рецептора:

(S4) Prescription Only Medicine

Терапеутске индикације:

Chronic non-congestive glaucoma and as a miotic for reversing the action of the weaker mydriatics.

Резиме производа:

Visual Identification: A clear, colourless solution, reasonably free from visible particulate matter; Container Type: Tube; Container Life Time: 30 Months; Container Temperature: Store at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius

Статус ауторизације:

Registered

Датум одобрења:

1991-10-30

Информативни летак

MINIMS
® PILOCARPINE
_Pilocarpine Nitrate Eye Drops_
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
This leaflet answers some common
questions about Minims Pilocarpine,
including how to use the eye drops.
It does not contain all the available
information. It does not take the
place of talking to your doctor or
pharmacist.
All medicines have benefits and
risks. Your doctor has weighed the
risks of you using Minims
Pilocarpine against the benefits they
expect it will have for you.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT
USING THIS MEDICINE, ASK YOUR
DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST.
KEEP THIS LEAFLET WITH THE MEDICINE.
You may need to read it again.
WHAT MINIMS
PILOCARPINE IS USED FOR
Minims Pilocarpine is commonly
used at the end of an eye examination
to return the size of the pupil back to
normal.
It is also used to lower raised
pressure in the eye and to treat
glaucoma. Glaucoma is a condition
in which the pressure of fluid in the
eye may be high. However, some
people with glaucoma may have
normal eye pressure.
Glaucoma is usually caused by a
build up of the fluid which flows
through the eye. This build up occurs
because the fluid drains out of your
eye more slowly than it is being
pumped in. Since new fluid
continues to enter the eye, joining the
fluid already there, the pressure
continues to rise. This raised pressure
may damage the back of the eye
resulting in gradual loss of sight.
Damage can progress so slowly that
the person is not aware of this
gradual loss of sight. Sometimes
even normal eye pressure is
associated with damage to the back
of the eye.
There are usually no symptoms of
glaucoma. The only way of knowing
that you have glaucoma is to have
your eye pressure, optic nerve and
visual field checked by an eye
specialist or optometrist. If glaucoma
is not treated it can lead to serious
problems, including total blindness.
In fact, untreated glaucoma is one of
the most common causes of
blindness.
Although Minims Pilocarpine helps
control your glaucoma it does not
cure it.
For more information about
glaucoma, contac

Карактеристике производа

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Minims Pilocarpine PI-A20190104 v4
AUSTRALIAN PRODUCT INFORMATION – MINIMS
® PILOCARPINE
NITRATE (PILOCARPINE NITRATE) EYE DROPS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINE
Pilocarpine Nitrate
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Minims Pilocarpine Nitrate Eye Drops contains pilocarpine nitrate 2%
(20 mg/mL). No
preservatives are included in the formulation.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1 List of excipients.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
A single-use eye drops, solution.
Minims Pilocarpine Nitrate Eye Drops are single-use, clear, colourless
sterile ophthalmic
solutions. No preservatives are included in the formulation.
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 T
HERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Chronic glaucoma and a miotic for reversing the effects of the weaker
mydriatics and in
emergency treatment of glaucoma.
4.2 D
OSE AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
For topical ophthalmic use only. Not for injection into the eye
Miotics are normally administered at the end of an ophthalmological
examination while
mydriatics are given at the beginning.
Systemic absorption may be reduced by compressing the lacrimal sac at
the medial
canthus for a minute during and following instillation of drops. It is
especially advisable
when administering pilocarpine to children.
ADULTS (INCLUDING THE ELDERLY) AND CHILDREN
Miosis: To induce miosis 1 or 2 drops should be used.
Glaucoma: In cases of emergency treatment of acute narrow angle
glaucoma, 1 drop
should be used every 5 minutes until miosis is achieved.
Each Minims unit should be discharged after a single use.
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4.3 C
ONTRAINDICATIONS
Miotics are contraindicated in conditions where pupillary constriction
is undesirable such
as acute iritis, pupillary block glaucoma, acute uveitis, anterior
uveitis, iridocyclitis, acute
iritis and some forms of secondary glaucoma.
Hypersensitivity to pilocarpine nitrate.
Retinal detachment; past history of retinal detachment or conditions
that predispose to
retinal detachment.
Use of soft contact lenses when administering p