Influence of pH on the effect of pilocarpine on aqueous dynamics.
Influence of pH on the effect of pilocarpine on aqueous dynamics.
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pH 对毛果芸香碱对水动力学影响的影响。
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发表时间:
1968
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
J. Cowle
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ON Aqueous DYNAMICSt;R. Anderson;J. Cowle
PILOCARPINE eye-drops are usually dispensed in acid solution to prevent appreciable degradation of the alkaloid during sterilization and storage. However, such solutions are considered to cause greater irritation than partly neutralized solutions. On account of this Riegelman and Vaughan (1958) have suggested that pilocarpine solutions buffered to pH 6 8 may be preferred by patients, even though these solutions are less stable and need to be renewed frequently. Solutions buffered to near-neutrality might be expected also to be more active if dilution and loss of drug from excessive lacrimation were reduced, and also because more drug would be present as uncharged free base which would favour transport through the cornea to the site of action. Previous attempts t'o demonstrate increased activity in less acid solutions have been inconclusive (Floyd, Kronfeld, and McDonald, 1953; Riegelman and Vaughan, 1958). In the present investigation a single-drop technique similar to that of Kronfeld (1964) has been used in patients to examine the dose-response relationships by tonography with pilocarpine solutions at pH 4 and pH 6 5 and with solutions of the trans-isomer isopilocarpine at pH 4. Methods Test Solutions Isopilocarpine hydrochloride was prepared by the method of Wojciechowski and Ecanow (1961). This compound and pilocarpine hydrochloride (BDH) were used to prepare 0.5, 1 0, 2 0, 4 0, and 8-0 per cent. solutions containing 0 002 per cent. phenylmercuric nitrate. These solutions had a pH value of about 4. Another series of pilocarpine solutions of the same concentrations was prepared containing sufficient borax to increase the pH to 6 5. The 0 5, 1 0, and 2 0 per cent. solutions were adjusted by the addition of sodium chloride to render them isotonic with tear fluid. Solutions were sterilized by membrane filtration and renewed at intervals of one week for the buffered solutions and about monthly for the acidic solutions.