MYDRIACYL (TROPICAMIDE OPHTHALMIC)
Mydriacyl Information
Mydriacyl is a popular
medicine that is also commonly known under the generic name of Tropicamide
ophthalmic. This medicine’s ingredients enable it to relax the eye’s muscles,
dilating the pupil during an eye examination.
Mydriacyl Indications
Mydriacyl is a popular
medicine that is regularly given to a patient during an eye exam (in order to relax
the patient’s eye muscles and to dilate his or her pupil(s). However, this
medicine could also be prescribed to treat or to prevent some other medical
conditions that have not been listed in this guide.
Mydriacyl Warnings
Mydriacyl (Tropicamide Ophthalmic)
is known to sometimes trigger blurred vision. It can also increase the eye’s
regular sensitivity to direct sunlight. You should avoid performing any
hazardous activities, or any activities that require physical or mental
alertness (such as driving or operating complicated machinery) for as long as
these side effects persist (they can last for up to one day).
Unless your personal
healthcare provider tells you to, you must not use any other type of eye
ointment or eye drops as long as the side effects (blurred vision) of Mydriacyl
still persist. Before you are administered this medicine you should inform your
personal physician if you are suffering from any known allergic reactions to
any foods, dyes, preservatives or other type of substances (this also includes
other medicines). You must not be administered this medicine if you are
suffering from untreated glaucoma (an eye condition).
Mydriacyl is a category C FDA
pregnancy medicine. Therefore, administration of this medicine during pregnancy
could harm a growing fetus. If you are pregnant, or if you think that you might
become pregnant soon, you should ask your personal physician if it is safe to
be administered this medicine. It has been clearly determined that Tropicamide
Ophthalmic’s ingredients are able to pass into the patient’s breast milk (they
can harm a nursing infant). If you are nursing a child, you should ask your
physician if it is safe to use Mydriacyl.
Mydriacyl Intake Guidelines
Ask your personal physician to
tell you what is the most appropriate way in which to use Mydriacyl. Do not
deviate from any of his or her instructions. If you fail to understand some of
your physician’s advices, you should consult with a nurse, a doctor or a
pharmacist (ask any of them to give you further indications or explanations).
If you want to know more about this medicine you should carefully read the
instructions from this medicine’s label.
Although Mydriacyl is
regularly administered in a physician’s office (prior to an eye exam), some
patients are prescribed to use it at home. These patients should carefully
follow the instructions that are listed below:
Carefully wash both your hands
before you use this medicine.
If you are wearing eye contact
lenses, it is highly recommended that you should take them off before you apply
Mydriacyl. Ask your personal healthcare provider if it is safe for you to put
them back on shortly after you have been administered the eye drops.
Among this medicine’s
ingredients there is Tropicamide benzalkonium chloride (a preservative) that is
known to sometimes discolorate the contact lenses.
To appropriately apply the
medicine:
·
Slightly tilt your head back.
Widely open your eyes. Pull your lower eyelid down. The dropper should be held
above your eye. Make sure that you hold the dropper with its tip down. Do not
look at the dropper while you squeeze the medicine. After the drop reached you
eye, close it and press your inside eye corner (in order to make sure that the
medicine cannot drain into the tear duct). If you have been prescribed to use
more than one drop per day, you must make sure that at least 5 minutes pass
between 2 applications of this medicine (in the same eye).
·
You must make sure that the
dropper’s tip remains sterile (it must not touch any surface, not even your
hands or your eyes). If the dropper becomes contaminated, it could trigger a
severe eye infection that could result in irreparable vision loss or some other
type of eye damage.
You must not use Mydriacyl if
the eye drops have changed their color or if you see some particles in the
solution. This medicine should be stored at the average room temperature, away
from heat, moisture and direct sunlight. Keep it in a place that is far from
the reach of pets and children. Mydriacyl’s bottle should be kept tightly
closed when it is not used.
Mydriacyl Dosage
Ask your personal physician to
tell you the proper dose of Mydriacyl that you should take in.
Mydriacyl Overdose
If you suspect that you might
be suffering from an overdose with Mydriacyl (if you think that you have
applied too many eye drops) you must wash your eyes with plenty of water and
seek medical attention as soon as possible. The average overdose symptoms could
include fast heartbeat, headache, abnormal warmth or drowsiness, sub dermal
redness, etc.
Mydriacyl Missed Dose
Mydriacyl is regularly
administered only when it is needed, so a missed dose of this medicine is
unlikely to occur.
Mydriacyl Side Effects
A prolonged treatment with
Mydriacyl could cause these side effects:
·
fast heart rate;
·
stomach discomfort;
·
hallucinations;
·
stomach bloating
·
blurred vision;
·
burning and stinging;
·
increased eye sensitivity to
direct sunlight;
·
swollen eyelids.
Mydriacyl Drug Reactions
Ask your physician if it is
safe to take other medicines shortly after or before you are administered
Mydriacyl.
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Online Pharmacy or at any Canada Pharmacy where it is sold. In some
countries MYDRIACYL may also be known as: Tropicamide, Mydramide, Mydriaticum,
Ocu-Tropic, Opticyl, Tropicacyl, Tropimil, Visumidriatic, Mydril, Tropicol,
Ciclomidrin, Tropinom, Mydrum, Tropixal