What is "ibopamine"

n. A sympathomimetic used in ophthalmology to induce mydriasis.

Ibopamine is a sympathomimetic drug, designed as a prodrug of epinine, used in ophthalmology. It induces mydriasis. It also has been investigated for use in the treatment of congestive heart failure.

It acts on D and α receptors as an agonist.

Ibopamine was first prepared by Casagrande and co-workers.

Instilled at 2% concentration, ibopamine exhibits several functions at ocular level such as pre- and post-operative mydriatic activity, D1 dopaminergic activity, etc.