echothiophate


echothiophate

 [ek″o-thi″o-fāt] an anticholinesterase, used as the iodide salt for topical application to produce miosis, decrease intraocular pressure, and potentiate accommodation in treatment of open-angle glaucoma, closed-angle glaucoma after iridectomy, and certain secondary types of glaucoma, and in the management of accommodative esotropia.

echothiophate

(ek″ō-thī′ŏ-fāt″) A cholinergic drug used topically in the eye for treatment of glaucoma.