Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2016 Publisher: Martindale Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Bampton Road, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 8UG
Pharmacotherapeutic group: anticholinergic agents
ATC code: S01FA01
Dilation of the pupil normally occurs within half an hour following local application and lasts for seven days or longer. Paralysis of accommodation in one to three hours with recovery in three to seven days.
Atropine is readily absorbed from the gastro-intestinal tract and mucous membranes, it is also absorbed from the eye.
It is incompletely metabolised in the liver and is excreted in the urine as unchanged drug and metabolites.
No additional pre-clinical data of relevance to the prescriber.
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