Tropicamide ophthalmic for Pupillary Dilation User Reviews

• Too...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 30, 2022

"I agreed to half a percent tropicamide in one eye only and had it immediately flushed out with saline. No epinephrine was used. Even so, I am continuing to have side effects 3 days later: headache, ringing in ear, pain in ear, pain and tenderness on eyebrow, pain on cheekbone, and nausea. All of these are on the side where the drop was given. The most persistent is ringing in ear, and I sure hope it won't evolve into vertigo. I think it also raised my heart rate 20 bpm, but I'm not positive. The eye place was useless and only wanted me to come back in to make sure I didn't have the rare side effect of acute angle-closure glaucoma. Otherwise, they were not interested. This drug is an antagonist of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Since we have those receptors all over, I suspect it could have plenty of effects. Of course, eye drops are supposed to act locally, but we know it's often systemic."

• Poi...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 29, 2018

"If you have ever had an MRI with contrast, the contrast contains a toxic metal called gadolinium. Gadolinium is retained in the body and can deposit in the eyes. If that happens, this medication contains EDTA (a chelator), which will make your eye problems from the gadolinium even worse. Your doctor may be unaware of this interaction because the FDA still treats toxic gadolinium retained in the body as a 'non-issue.'"

• Sus...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 11, 2019

"For 9 days since having dilation with this drug, along with phenylephrine, I have been extremely dizzy, with a pounding heart, anxiety, confusion, and headache. I even had to go to the ER. No warning was given of a possible side effect."

• Ros...
• January 30, 2018

"My eyes are so sensitive to this medication that they dilute it only using 50 percent. Even so, I have an extreme reaction to it and have very dry eyes since. I would like to find an alternative to this medicine as I feel it seriously damages my eyes."

• abu...
• September 12, 2015

"I used to wear contact lenses. In a recent eye exam, my optometrist applied 0.5% tropicamide and 0.5% phenylephrine (Mydriacyl) on my eyes. She did not warn me to wear sunglasses after the check-up. My eyes were exposed to intense sunlight 15 minutes afterward without sunglasses. Then, I suffered eye pain for almost 2 months now and severe dry eye. I read much information afterward. Corneal permeation of tropicamide may be enhanced by phenylephrine and may also enhance its strength. Sun exposure further complicated the harm."

• hea...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 16, 2020

"After having an eye dilated with this medication, I had a raging headache that would not stop for 2 straight weeks. Now I suppose I know what a migraine feels like."

• mar...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 16, 2017

"Side effects: blurry vision, disorientation, confusion, itchy eyes."