Drugs in Eyecare 2

what medication is only available to orthoptists

Atropine

what is Patient Specific Direction

instruction given by an independent prescriber to another professional to administer a medicine to a specific patient.

what is Patient Group Direction

written instruction for supply or administration of medicines to certain groups of patients by a named health professional. Agreed and signed by a senior doctor and pharmacist

how is Non hazardous pharmaceutical waste disposed 

incineration (medicine disposal box)

what is the BNF

Legal and professional guidelines relating to the uses of medicines

what is action for a drug

Mechanism of action, Pharmacodynamic profile

Cyclopentolate is Classed as ________ drug

antimuscarinic

what are Muscarinic receptors

stimulated by the release of acetylcholine (ACh) (parasympathetic innervation)

what do Antimuscarinic drugs inhibit

action of Ach , normally responsible for iris sphincter and ciliary muscle innervation, causing mydriasis & cycloplegia

what is Ach responsible for

iris sphincter and ciliary muscle innervation, causing mydriasis & cycloplegia

what is indication for a drug

intended use of the drug

what is interactions for a drug

drug-drug interactions - influence of one drug upon another

what is cautions for a drug

Risks to consider of using a drug

what is contradictions for a drug

far more restrictive than Cautions

what are side effects

Undesirable effect of a drug