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Encyclopedia > Homatropine

Homatropine (Equipin®, Isopto Homatropine®) is an anticholinergic medication that inhibits 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. An anticholinergic agent is a member of a class of pharmaceutical compounds which serve to reduce the effects mediated by acetylcholine in the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. ... Oral medication A medication is a licenced drug taken to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition. ... Muscarinic receptors are those membrane-bound acetylcholine receptors that are more sensitive to muscarine than to nicotine. ... It has been suggested that Parasympatholytic be merged into this article or section. ... Eye drops are saline-containing drops used as a vector to administer medication in the eye. ... Cycloplegia is the paralysis of the ciliary muscle, resulting in a loss of accommodation. ... The Accommodation Reflex is a reflex action of the eye, in response to focusing on a near object, then looking at distant object (and vice versa). ... Categories: Medicine stubs | Sign (medicine) ... The human eye The pupil is the central transparent area (showing as black). ...


Homatropine is less potent than atropine and has a shorter duration of action. It is available as the hydrobromide or methylbromide salt Atropine is a tropane alkaloid extracted from the deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other plants of the family Solanaceae. ... Hydrobromic Acid is a chemical compound, with the chemical formula HBr. ... A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) In chemistry, a salt is any ionic compound composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ...


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Photosensitivity is the amount to which an object reacts upon receiving photons of light. ...

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