miotic drug

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Noun1.miotic drug - a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye)
drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
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(58) The use of miotic drugs during pregnancy appears to be safe.
The possible role of miotic drugs such as phospholine iodide in glaucoma causing production or aggravation of cataract formation.
If the patient remains symptomatic and neuroadaptation does not occur, ophthalmologists may use weak concentrations of miotic drugs (that is pilocarpine) to decrease pupil size and reduce the appearance of halos and glare.
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