Atropine 0.01% eye drops are not commercially available and Atropt 1% should not be supplied.
Despite warning its pharmacist members against this error in 2018, PDL continues to receive incident reports relating to the dispensing of Atropine eye drops 1%, when 0.01% was prescribed. The weaker form of atropine eye drops (0.01%) is typically prescribed to children to treat myopia and these eye drops must be compounded by a pharmacy that is equipped to provide sterile compounding services.
Using the full strength atropine in the eye of a child will naturally result in extrem…
