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Another dose of Atropine

  • Written by: Steph Atmore
National
Disclaimer: This article was published in 2019 and reflects the information available at that time.
  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…

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