Dilaudid injection and Isopto Carbachol Ophthalmic Solution

• Generic Name: hydromorphone
• Dosage Forms: oral liquid, tablets
• Other Brand Names: Dilaudid, Exalgo, Hydrostat IR, Dilaudid-HP

Hydromorphone injection is an opioid medicine used to treat moderate to severe pain.

Hydromorphone injection may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: carbachol ophthalmic
• Dosage Forms: ophthalmic solution
• Other Brand Names: Isopto Carbachol, Miostat, Carboptic, Carbastat

Reduction of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with primary, open-angle (chronic simple, noncongestive) glaucoma.

Used mainly in patients refractory or hypersensitive to pilocarpine.

May use concomitantly with sympathomimetic agents, β-adrenergic blocking agents, or carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.

Production of miosis during surgery on the anterior chamber of the eye (e.g., cataract extraction, keratoplasty, peripheral iridectomy, cyclodialysis).

Reduction of the intensity of IOP elevation for the first 24 hours after cataract surgery.

Intraocular acetylcholine generally preferred.

Reduction of IOP in the emergency treatment of acute (congestive) angle-closure glaucoma prior to surgery.

Pilocarpine generally preferred.

Production of miosis to counteract mydriatic effects of sympathomimetic agents (e.g., hydroxyamphetamine, phenylephrine) after ophthalmoscopic examinations in glaucoma patients.

Pilocarpine generally preferred.