Atropine ophthalmic and Tolterodine Tartrate

• Generic Name: atropine ophthalmic
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Atropine-1, Isopto Atropine, Atropisol, Ocu-Tropine, Atropine Care, Atrosulf-1, Atropin-Care

Atropine causes the muscles in your eye to become relaxed. This widens (dilates) your pupil so that it will not respond to light.

Atropine ophthalmic (for the eye) is used to dilate your pupils when you have an inflammatory condition or in postsurgery situations in which this effect may be helpful.

Atropine ophthalmic is also used in people with a condition called amblyopia (sometimes called "lazy eye"). Atropine ophthalmic can be placed into the stronger eye to temporarily blur the vision in that eye. This helps strengthen the weaker eye because the brain will force that eye to work harder to focus.

Atropine ophthalmic may also be used for purposes other than those listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: tolterodine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Detrol, Detrol LA

Treatment of overactive bladder for the relief of symptoms associated with voiding such as urge urinary incontinence, urgency, and frequency. Efficacy not established in pediatric patients.

Tolterodine (conventional tablets) appears to be as effective as conventional oxybutynin in reducing urinary symptoms in patients with overactive bladder and is associated with a lower incidence of dry mouth.

Tolterodine (2 mg twice daily as conventional tablets) appears to be less effective than extended-release oxybutynin (10 mg once daily as extended-release tablets) in reducing urinary symptoms in patients with overactive bladder. The incidence of adverse effects (e.g., dry mouth) is similar between conventional tolterodine tartrate and extended-release oxybutynin.

Single daily doses of extended-release capsules of tolterodine tartrate appear to be slightly more effective in relieving certain urinary symptoms (i.e., urge incontinence) than 2 daily doses of conventional tablets of the drug.