CYCLOGYL

Post-LOE

cyclopentolate hydrochloride

ANDAOPHTHALMICSOLUTION/DROPS
Approved
Jul 1974
Lifecycle
Post-LOE
Competitive Pressure
30/100

Mechanism of Action

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY: This anticholinergic preparation blocks the responses of the sphincter muscle of the iris and the accommodative muscle of the ciliary body to cholinergic stimulation, producing pupillary dilation (mydriasis) and paralysis of accommodation (cycloplegia). It acts rapidly, but…