ATC/DDD code S01E for ANTIGLAUCOMA PREPARATIONS AND MIOTICS
This group comprises preparations for local and systemic treatment of glaucoma.
Drugs used for producing miosis are classified in this group, even if the main indication is not glaucoma.
The DDDs are based on single dose (or single package) and administration frequencies. A single dose is defined as two eye drops (one in each eye) corresponding to 0.1 ml. For eye drops administered once daily the DDD is 0.1 ml, for eye drops administered twice daily the DDD is 0.2 ml, etc. For single use packages one dose is the volume of one package. This also applies for combinations. In eye ointments one dose corresponds to about
10 mm (20 mg) per eye thus corresponding to 40 mg for both eyes.
