Pilocarpine

In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.

In the US, Pilocarpine (pilocarpine systemic) is a member of the drug class cholinergic agonists and is used to treat Xerostomia.

US matches:

• Pilocarpine


• Pilocarpine Drops


• Pilocarpine Gel


• Pilocarpine ophthalmic


• Pilocarpine Hydrochloride


• Pilocarpine Eye Drops


• Pilocarpine Tablets

UK matches:

• Pilocarpine Hydrochloride Eye Drops 1% w/v (SPC)
• Pilocarpine Hydrochloride Eye Drops 2% w/v (SPC)
• Pilocarpine Hydrochloride Eye Drops 4% w/v (SPC)

Scheme

BAN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

N07AX01,S01EB01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000092-13-7

Chemical Formula

C11-H16-N2-O2

Molecular Weight

208

Therapeutic Category

Parasympathomimetic agent, direct acting

Chemical Name

2(3H)-Furanone, 3-ethyldihydro-4-[(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methyl]-, (3S-cis)-

Foreign Names

• Pilocarpinum (Latin)
• Pilocarpin (German)
• Pilocarpine (French)

Generic Names

• Pilocarpine (OS: BAN, DCF, JAN)
• Pilocarpine (PH: USP 32)
• Pilocarpine Hydrochloride (OS: JAN, BANM)
• Pilocarpine (chlorhydrate de) (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Pilocarpine Hydrochloride (PH: BP 2010, JP XIV, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Pilocarpinhydrochlorid (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Pilocarpini hydrochloridum (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Pilocarpine Nitrate (OS: BANM)
• Pilocarpine (nitrate de) (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Pilocarpine Nitrate (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Pilocarpini nitras (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Pilocarpinnitrat (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Dropial
  Bruschettini, Ethiopia



• Isopto Carpine
  Alcon, Botswana; Alcon, Eritrea; Alcon, Ethiopia; Alcon, Ghana; Alcon, Kenya; Alcon, Malawi; Alcon, Namibia; Alcon, Nigeria; Alcon, Tanzania; Alcon, Uganda; Alcon, Zambia; Alcon, Zimbabwe



• Pilo
  Chauvin, Tunisia



• Pilocar
  FDC, Ethiopia



• Pilocarin
  Terapia, Romania



• Pilocarpin ankerpharm
  Chauvin, Czech Republic; Chauvin, Germany



• Pilocarpina
  Biosano, Chile; Saval Nicolich, Chile



• Pilocarpine HCl PCH
  Pharmachemie, Netherlands



• Pilocarpine HCL Ratiopharm
  ratiopharm, Netherlands



• Pilocarpine
  Alcon, Tunisia; Merck Sharp & Dohme, Ethiopia; Polfa Warszawa, Georgia; Wu Fu, Taiwan



• Pilocarpine-Falcon
  Alcon, Luxembourg



• Pilocarpinum
  Polfa Warszawa, Poland



• Pilokarpin
  Pliva, Bosnia & Herzegowina



• Pilomann
  Mann, Germany



• Pilosed
  Blim Pharmaceuticals, Ethiopia



• Adsorbocarpine
  Nippon Tenganyaku KenkyujoNitten, Japan



• Apicarpin
  Amman Pharm, Romania; Amman Pharmaceutical Industries Co., Oman



• Arteopilo (Pilocarpine and Carteolol)
  Bausch & Lomb Swiss, Switzerland



• Asipine
  Asiatic Lab, Bangladesh



• Betacarpin (Pilocarpine and Metipranolol)
  Riel, Austria



• Caliprene
  Lemery, Mexico



• Carpilo (Pilocarpine and Carteolol)
  Chauvin, France



• Carteopil (Pilocarpine and Carteolol)
  Meda, Luxembourg



• Cidren
  Vocate, Greece



• Colircusi Pilocarpina
  Alcon, Spain



• Dispercarpine
  Novartis, Greece



• Dropil
  Bruschettini, Romania



• Dropilton
  Bruschettini, Italy



• Equiton (Pilocarpine and Timolol)
  Bruschettini, Italy



• Fotil (Pilocarpine and Pilocarpine)
  Santen, Germany



• Fotil (Pilocarpine and Timolol)
  Amvis, Greece; Croma, Austria; Santen, Bahrain; Santen, Germany; Santen, Norway; Santen, Sweden; Santen Pharma AB, Denmark



• Glaucocarpine
  Taro, Israel



• Glauko Biciron (Pilocarpine and Phenylephrine)
  S & K Pharma, Germany



• Glauko Biciron (Pilocarpine and Pilocarpine)
  S & K Pharma, Germany



• Humacarpin
  Teva, Hungary



• Isopto Carpina
  Alcon, Argentina; Alcon, Spain



• Isopto Carpine
  Alcon, Australia; Alcon, Bangladesh; Alcon, Bahrain; Alcon, Brazil; Alcon, Canada; Alcon, Estonia; Alcon, Finland; Alcon, Greece; Alcon, Israel; Alcon, Iceland; Alcon, Sri Lanka; Alcon, Luxembourg; Alcon, Oman; Alcon, Romania; Alcon, Singapore; Alcon, Taiwan; Alcon, United States; Alcon, South Africa; Alcon-Couvreur, Belgium; Alcon-Couvreur, Malta



• Isopto Pilocarpina
  Alcon, Chile



• Isopto Pilokarpin (veterinary use)
  Alcon, Sweden



• Isopto-Pilokarpin
  Alcon, Sweden



• Isoptocarpine
  Alcon, Oman



• Isopto-Carpine
  Alcon, Norway



• Isopto-Pilocarpine
  Alcon, France



• Klonocarpina
  Klonal, Argentina



• Locarpin-F
  Roster, Peru



• Minims Pilocarpine (veterinary use)
  Chauvin, United Kingdom



• Miokar
  Sanbe, Indonesia



• Miokarpin
  Hemomont, Serbia



• Mi-Pilo
  Fischer, Israel



• Normastigmin mit Pilocarpin (Pilocarpine and Neostigmine)
  Sigmapharm, Austria



• Normoglaucon (Pilocarpine and Metipranolol)
  Mann, Germany; Tramedico, Belgium; Tramedico, Netherlands



• Normoglaucon (Pilocarpine and Pilocarpine)
  Mann, Germany



• O.P.D.
  Shionogi, Taiwan



• Oftan Pilocarpin
  Santen, Russian Federation



• P.V. Carpine
  Allergan, Australia



• Pilo
  Chauvin, France; Meda, Belgium



• Pilobloc (Pilocarpine and Thymol)
  Santen OY-SF, Italy



• Pilocar
  Oftalmi, Venezuela



• Pilocarcil
  Edol, Portugal



• Pilocarpin ankerpharm
  Chauvin, Germany



• Pilocarpin Puroptal
  Agepha, Austria



• Pilocarpina cloridrato
  Alfa Intes, Italy; Tubilux, Italy



• Pilocarpina Lux
  Allergan Ph.-Eir, Italy



• Pilocarpina
  Allergan, Brazil; Nicolich, Peru; Tubilux, Italy



• Pilocarpine Eye Drops
  MaCarthys, Malta



• Pilocarpine Hydrochloride Ophthalmic Solution
  Akorn, United States; Bausch & Lomb, United States; Falcon, United States



• Pilocarpine Hydrochloride
  Lannett, United States; Shionogi, Taiwan



• Pilocarpine
  Martindale, Oman; Opso Saline, Bangladesh; Vitamed, Georgia; Vitamed, Israel



• Pilocarpin-V Unimed
  Unimed, Lithuania



• Pilocollyre
  Cooper, Greece



• Pilodrops (veterinary use)
  Ceva, Netherlands



• Pilogel
  Alcon, Chile; Alcon, Czech Republic; Alcon, United Kingdom; Alcon, Ireland; Alcon, Israel; Alcon, Luxembourg; Alcon, Singapore; Alcon, Taiwan; Alcon, South Africa; Alcon Couvreur, Netherlands



• Pilogel (veterinary use)
  Alcon, United Kingdom



• Pilokarp
  Vulm, Slovakia



• Pilokarpin "Ophtha"
  Ophtha, Denmark



• Pilokarpin CCS
  CCS, Sweden



• Pilokarpin Minims
  Chauvin, Norway



• Pilokarpin Unimed Pharma
  Unimed, Latvia



• Pilokarpin
  Ophtha, Norway; Unimed, Slovakia



• Pilomann
  Mann, Germany; Mann, Luxembourg



• Pilomann EDO
  Mann, Germany



• Pilomin
  Nipa, Bangladesh



• Pilopine HS
  Alcon, Botswana; Alcon, Canada; Alcon, Eritrea; Alcon, Ghana; Alcon, Kenya; Alcon, Malawi; Alcon, Namibia; Alcon, Nigeria; Alcon, Tanzania; Alcon, Uganda; Alcon, United States; Alcon, Zambia; Alcon, Zimbabwe



• Pilopt
  Healthcare Logistics, New Zealand; Pacific EyeCare, Australia



• Pilosed
  Bilim, Turkey



• Salagen
  Eisai, United States; Euroetika, Colombia; Kissei, Japan; Megapharm, Israel; MGI Pharma, Hong Kong; Novartis, Austria; Novartis, Belgium; Novartis, Switzerland; Novartis, Germany; Novartis, Spain; Novartis, Finland; Novartis, France; Novartis, United Kingdom; Novartis, Greece; Novartis, Italy; Novartis, Luxembourg; Novartis, Netherlands; Novartis, Poland; Novartis, Portugal; Novartis, Sweden; Novartis, Slovenia; Novartis, Turkey; Novartis Ophthalmics, Hungary; Pfizer, Canada; UIC/Giant, Taiwan



• Sanpilo
  Santen, Japan



• Spersacarpin
  Novartis, Luxembourg; OmniVision, Germany; OmniVision, Luxembourg



• Spersacarpine
  Omnivision, Switzerland; Omnivision, Luxembourg



• TP-Ophtal (Pilocarpine and Timolol)
  Winzer, Germany



• Wetol
  Beta, Argentina



• Carpo-Miotic
  Bell, India



• Carteopil (Pilocarpine and Carteolol)
  Meda, Belgium



• Minims Pilocarpine Nitrate
  Bausch & Lomb, Australia; Bausch & Lomb, New Zealand; Bausch & Lomb, South Africa; Chauvin, Singapore; Chauvin Bausch & Lomb, Hong Kong; Laboratoire Chauvin, Oman; Novartis, Finland



• Minims Pilocarpine
  Chauvin, United Kingdom; Chauvin, Ireland



• Minims Pilocarpinenitraat
  Chauvin, Netherlands



• Minims Pilocarpinnitrat
  Chauvin, Austria



• Nitrate de Pilocarpine-Chauvin
  Chauvin, Luxembourg



• Pilocar
  FDC, Oman



• Pilocarpina Farmigea
  Farmigea, Italy



• Pilocarpine Faure
  Europhta, Monaco



• Pilopos
  Ursapharm, Czech Republic; Ursapharm, Germany



• Sonadryl
  Allergan, Argentina

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
BANM	British Approved Name (Modified)
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
SPC	Summary of Product Characteristics (UK)

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