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Pilocarpine
Essential medicine status
Section:
21. Ophthalmological preparations 21.4. Ophthalmological preparations > Miotics and antiglaucoma medicines
ATC codes: S01EB01
Indication
Primary open-angle glaucoma ICD11 code: 9C81.0
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Core
Formulations
Local > Ophthalmological > Solution (eye drops): 2% (hydrochloride or nitrate) ; 4% (hydrochloride or nitrate)
EML status history
First added in 1977 (TRS 615)
Changed in 1979 (TRS 641)
Changed in 1984 (TRS 722)
Changed in 2021 (TRS 1035)
Sex
All
Age
Adolescents and adults
Therapeutic alternatives
carbachol (ATC codes: S01EB02)
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
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Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of square box listings on the EML and EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended carbachol be specified as a therapeutic alternative under the square box listing for pilocarpine on the EML.