(sye kloe PEN toe late) Brand: AK-Pentolate, Cyclogyl, Cylate, Ocu-Pentolate
• You must not receive this medicine if you have ever had a severe allergic reaction to cyclopentolate ophthalmic, or if you have angle-closure glaucoma.
• Infants and children may be more likely to have side effects from cyclopentolate ophthalmic. Watch for signs of behavior changes in a baby who has been treated with this medication.
• Speak your doctor at once if you feel dizzy or have eye pain, blurred vision, or a rapid pulse right after receiving cyclopentolate eye drops.
• Cyclopentolate ophthalmic may also create your eyes more sensitive to easy. Before the effects wear off, protect your eyes from the sun or bright light.
• There are much another medicines that can interact with cyclopentolate ophthalmic. Tell your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. This includes vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors.
• Cyclopentolate ophthalmic relaxes muscles in your eye to dilate (widen) your pupil.
• Cyclopentolate ophthalmic is used to dilate your pupil in preparation for an eye exam.
• Cyclopentolate ophthalmic may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not receive this medicine if you have ever had a severe allergic reaction to cyclopentolate ophthalmic, or if you have angle-closure glaucoma.
• Till you receive this medicine, speak your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have glaucoma. Your doctor may need to watch you closely for determined side effects after you receive cyclopentolate ophthalmic.
• FDA pregnancy category C. Cyclopentolate may be deleterious to an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant till you receive this medication.
• Cyclopentolate ophthalmic can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing child. Do not receive this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Infants and children may be more likely to have side effects from cyclopentolate ophthalmic. Watch for signs of behavior changes in a baby who has been treated with this medication.
• Cyclopentolate is generally given in and eye doctor's office, about 40 to 50 minutes till your eye exam or another procedure.
• You must not receive this medicine while you are wearing contact lenses. Cyclopentolate ophthalmic may contain a preservative that can be absorbed by soft contact lenses. Wait at least 15 minutes after receiving the eye drops till putting your contact lenses in.
• Your doctor will tilt your head back slightly and pull down your lower eyelid. The correct number of eye drops will then be placed into one or both eyes.
• After the eye drops are placed, gently press your finger to the internal corner of the eye (near your nose) for about 1 minute to hold the liquid from draining into your tear duct.
• Do not let the dropper tip to touch any surface, including your eyes or hands. If the dropper becomes contaminated it could reason an infection in your eye, which can lead to vision loss or serious hurt to the eye.
• Since cyclopentolate ophthalmic is generally given as needed by a healthcare professional, it is not likely that you will miss a dose.
• Search abnormal medical attention if you think you have received too many of this medicine.
• Overdose symptoms may include dry mouth, warmth or redness under your skin, quick heart course, urinating smaller than normal, drowsiness, or loss of coordination.
• Cyclopentolate ophthalmic can reason blurred vision for up to 24 hours after using it. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be able to see clearly.
• Cyclopentolate ophthalmic may also create your eyes more sensitive to easy. Before the effects wear off, protect your eyes from the sun or bright light.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Speak your doctor at once if you feel dizzy or have eye pain, blurred vision, or a rapid pulse right after receiving cyclopentolate eye drops.
• Call your doctor if you have any of these serious side effects within a day or two after receiving cyclopentolate ophthalmic:
· blurred vision or easy sensitivity that lasts longer than 48 hours after receiving cyclopentolate;
· quick or uneven heart rate;
· warmth, redness, or tingly feeling under your skin;
· severe skin rash;
· slow or shallow breathing; or
· hallucinations or unusual behavior (especially in children).
• Smaller serious side effects may include:
· blurred vision;
· sensitivity to sunlight;
· mild stinging or burning in your eye; or
· swelling of the eyelids.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Speak your doctor about any unusual or bothersome side effect. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• The next drugs can interact with cyclopentolate ophthalmic. Speak your doctor if you are using any of these:
· procainamide (Procan, Pronestyl, Procanbid);
· disopyramide (Norpace);
· propranolol (Inderal, InnoPran);
· quinidine (Quinaglute, Quinidex);
· antihistamines (cold or allergy medicines);
· antidepressants such as amitriptyline (Elavil, Etrafon), doxepin (Sinequan), imipramine (Janimine, Tofranil), nortriptyline (Pamelor), and others;
· atropine (Donnatal, and others), benztropine (Cogentin), dimenhydrinate (Dramamine), methscopolamine (Pamine), or scopolamine (Transderm-Scop);
· bladder or urinary medications such as darifenacin (Enablex), tolterodine (Detrol), solifenacin (Vesicare), and others;
· irritable bowel medications such as dicyclomine (Bentyl), hyoscyamine (Anaspaz, Cystospaz, Levsin, and others), or propantheline (Pro-Banthine);
· an MAO inhibitor such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam), or tranylcypromine (Parnate);
· phenothiazines such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine), prochlorperazine (Compazine), thioridazine (Mellaril), trifluperazine (Stelazine); or
· irritable bowel medications such as dicyclomine (Bentyl), hyoscyamine (Anaspaz, Cystospaz, Levsin, and others), or propantheline (Pro-Banthine).
• This list is not complete and there may be another drugs that can interact with cyclopentolate ophthalmic. Speak your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your pharmacist can provide more information about cyclopentolate ophthalmic.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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