I wouldn't let the optometrist dilate mine today even though he said they don't use atropine. I told him I'd check with my neurologist and get back to him, which I will--but I would like to hear from you folks, too. Thanks.

Abby

I had mine dialated before I was dx'ed with no ill effects.
Mike

I get mine dilated every 6 months because I've had type 1 diabetes for almost 25 years - no problems.

My eye doc spent extra time in different light to examine retina - said he saw nothing that would warrant a need for dilation. He did say that if he ever saw anything concerning we could do it with the proper precautions (though he never outlined what those were!).

Abby, Did they numb your eyes for the glaucoma test?

They do have numbing and dilating drugs which they can use separately. I have problems with both.

Did you get the names of the drugs? Maybe you could do some research on them.

Annie

Annie, he did the glaucoma test without numbing my eyes first (which didn't hurt at all--I don't know why they bother with the numbing drops in the first place).

He reeled off a list of drugs, but I didn't write them down. I did find this: http://www.myasthenia.org/LinkClick....vg%3d&tabid=82

I'm just worried that if they mess with the neuromuscular junctions in my eyes, they won't bounce back.

Abby

timolol is a glaucoma medicine. Used for treating glaucoma, as a daily eye drop to lower intraocular (eye) pressure, not for the numbing part of the test.

Prescribed as a single medicine (usually timolol maleate), generic, or under the brand names Betimol, Istalol, Timoptic, and Timoptic-XE.


It is also one of the two components in the glaucoma medicine Cosopt, just recently gone generic so now labeled dorzolamide hydrochloride and timolol maleate solution.

You will not be given timolol as part of a pressure check or pupil dilation at an office visit. Not its purpose. No need to worry about that one.