Eye meds!!!!! Anyone....

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Is there any better way to study eye meds.....any tricks

Always get wrong with those.:o

Thanks in advance.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

What is it that you are getting wrong?

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mydriatic agent

miotic agent

cyclopegic agent

how to distinguish and how not to get confused with each other.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

Try making flashcards that describe each of these so you can study and memorize them.

my
D
riatics - cause the pupils to
dilate

mioti
C
s - cause the pupils to
contract

cyc
L
oplegics - produces paralysis of the ciliary muscle and relaxes the
lens
[think of plegia which is paralysis]

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mydriatic agent

miotic agent

cyclopegic agent

how to distinguish and how not to get confused with each other.

The bigger word (mydriasis) is bigger pupil (dilated)

The shorter word (miosis) is smaller pupil (contracted)

To remember which drug is for what, optometrist gives atropine (anticholinergic) to dilate=mydriatic agent; therefore cholinergics (eg pilocarpine) are miotic agents.

Many mydriatics are also cycloplegics since cycloplegics are antimuscarinics (=anticholinergic)

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