Common Headache, Sweating, Frequent urge to urinate, Flu-like symptoms.

Expert advice for Pilomax Tablet

Inform your doctor if you have eye inflammation, suffer from asthma, liver, kidney or heart diseases, Parkinson’s disease, stomach ulcer, have problems in passing urine, high blood pressure, narrow angle glaucoma (increased eyeball pressure due to obstruction to the outflow of fluid).
Drink sufficient water to reduce dehydration due to excessive sweating caused by pilocarpine.
The back layer of your eye (fundus) may be examined before starting pilocarpine therapy.
You may be regularly monitored for visual fields and intra-ocular pressure on long term therapy with pilocarpine for glaucoma.
Do not drive or operate machinery as pilocarpine causes dizziness and blurring of vision especially in the night.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or are breast-feeding.

Q. Does Pilomax increase or decrease heart rate?
Pilomax can decrease the heart rate. However, it does not increase the heart rate

Q. Does Pilomax cause weight gain/increase blood pressure?
Pilomax increases blood pressure. However, no clinically relevant effect on weight has been reported with the use of Pilomax

Q. Does Pilomax help dry eyes?
Yes, Pilomax helps dry eyes by increasing the production of tears

Q. Does Pilomax work?
Pilomax acts by increasing the activity of chemical acetylcholine, thereby, increasing the secretion from various glands including salivary glands and tear glands. Due to its cholinergic effect, it also constricts the pupil of the eye and improves the outflow of aqueous humor (fluid in within the eye) contributing to reduction in eyeball pressure

Q. Does Pilomax cause blurred vision/hair loss?
Yes, Pilomax causes blurred vision. But it does not cause hair loss

Q. How does Pilomax affect heart rate?
Pilomax decreases heart rate by increasing the effect of a chemical called as acetylcholine

Q. How does Pilomax lower intraocular pressure?
Pilomax lowers intraocular pressure by constricting the ciliary muscle of the eyes, therefore increasing the outflow of fluid (aqueous humor) from posterior part of the eye.