# Atropine, Eye Dilating Drops

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atropine-eye-dilating-drops/604242>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 27, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atropine-eye-dilating-drops/604242 "2011-11-27T15:36:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eagle1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Eagle1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eagle1)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atropine-eye-dilating-drops/604242/1 "2011-11-27T15:36:01Z")

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11-27-11

I just saw a page somewhere quoting this site, about trying to get some dilating drops for Halloween, to make one eye larger.

People with heart and other conditions need to know, in rare cases, this can be an extremely dangerous drug. I don’t know much about it, so maybe someone else would like to write about this. I’ve looked up so many drug side effects, can’t remember which ones said can, in rare cases, be fatal. Thx.😕

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**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atropine-eye-dilating-drops/604242/2 "2011-11-27T15:50:16Z")

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Reported for forum change.

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atropine-eye-dilating-drops/604242/3 "2011-11-27T16:02:47Z")

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> [@Eagle1](#):
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> I just saw a page somewhere quoting this site, about trying to get some dilating drops for Halloween, to make one eye larger.

[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=486826) to the thread in question (I think).