Pilocarpine

PILOCARPINE

• ZAIN AMIR
• GROUP 213(B)

Pilocarpine is a medication used to reduce pressure inside the eye and treat dry mouth. ... As eye drops it is used to manage angle closure glaucoma until surgery ...
Pilocarpine
Pilocarpine tablets are used to treat dryness of the mouth and throat caused by a decrease in the amount of saliva that may occur after radiation treatment for cancer of the head and neck or in patients with Sjogren's syndrome. This medicine may help you speak without having to sip liquids.
Uses

• Chest pain.
• diarrhea (continuing or severe)
• fast, slow, or irregular heartbeat (continuing or severe)
• headache (continuing or severe)
• nausea or vomiting (continuing or severe)
• shortness of breath or troubled breathing.
• stomach cramps or pain.
• tiredness or weakness (continuing or severe)

Side Effects