Drug Summary

  Drug name:  tropicamide
  Chemical name:  Tropicamide
  Formula:  C₁₇H₂₀N₂O_{2  Weight:   284.3529
  CAS no:  1508-75-4
  DrugBank link:  DB00809
  Description:  One of the muscarinic antagonists with pharmacologic action similar to atropine and used mainly as an ophthalmic parasympatholytic or mydriatic. [PubChem]
  Indication:  Indicated to induce mydriasis (dilation of the pupil) and cycloplegia (paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye) in diagnostic procedures, such as measurement of refractive errors and examination of the fundus of the eye.}