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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1985
Nicholas Bodor, Gainesville, FL (US);
Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of inducing short-term pupil diameter enlargement and reducing intraocular pressure in animals without significant systemic effects is disclosed. There is provided a site-specific chemical delivery method for topically applying to the eye of an animal, an effective ophthalmologically acceptable amount of an adrenalone diester of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R prepresents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 straight alkyl group; and wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently represent an acyl group or derivative thereof; or an opthalmologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof. The method allows the pupil diameter to be enlarged for a short period after which the pupil returns to normal and thus restores normal eye sight.