How to Use atropine in a Sentence

atropine

noun
  • And a year’s supply of atropine eye drops costs hundreds of dollars.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022
  • After giving her more atropine, Mary came around again and gave her consent.
    — Louis F Janeira, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2014
  • One tool that everyone carries is a personal atropine or oxime pen—a nerve agent treatment.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2018
  • But there was no anesthesia, no adrenaline and no atropine to support her heart function.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But all types of nerve agent poisoning can be treated with standard antidotes such as atropine and diazepam.
    — Robert Chilcott, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2020
  • This includes drugs such as atropine, scopolamine, oxybutynin, and benztropine.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 8 May 2024
  • The team around him injected the fetus with epinephrine, then atropine.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
  • All nerve agent victims are given atropine, which blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.
    — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Studies have shown low doses of Atropine, eye drops used to treat amblyopia (lazy eye), may slow down its progression.
    — By Sue Arrowsmith, miamiherald, 24 July 2017
  • Then there’s atropine—a muscle relaxant derived from the toxic nightshade and mandrake plants.
    — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The doctors then went back and analyzed blood taken from the patient at the time, finding the atropine at high concentrations in his blood too.
    — Victoria Forster, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • Navalny is being treated with the antidote atropine, the hospital said.
    — Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The study also evaluates the efficacy of atropine eye drops in slowing myopia in children.
    — Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Doctors are providing Navalny atropine, a medicine used to treat some forms of nerve agent and pesticide poisonings.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Some specialists prefer using eye drops of atropine, a medicine originally used as a nervous system blocker to treat heart rhythm problems.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Children are undergoing treatment with atropine eye drops, which in some reports diminishes the shift toward myopia over time in the school-age years.
    — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Doctors are using atropine, which is commonly used for nerve gas and pesticide poisonings, to treat Navalny.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The dog's symptoms faded after the vet administered a large dose of atropine, followed by epinephrine.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Steroidal alkaloids such as solanine have atropine-like effects on the nervous system inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 28 July 2022
  • Antidotes do exist, one being atropine, but have to be administered quickly, otherwise the effect of the nerve agent cannot be reversed.
    — Simon Cotton, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2018
  • An antidote, atropine, can be injected after exposure and is carried by medics in war zones where weapons of mass destruction are suspected.
    — Eileen Ng, Orange County Register, 3 Mar. 2017
  • At this point, the victim’s life could be saved only by the administration of atropine, which counteracts the agent and allows the body to metabolize it.
    — Ellen Barry and Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Belladonna contains atropine, which blocks cisapride from helping with the motility of your gastrointestinal tract.
    — Mary Choy, Health, 9 Oct. 2024
  • There have been 34 alkaloids discovered in henbane, including scopolamine, hyoscyamine and atropine.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Doctors use atropine to reduce saliva during surgery, and to accelerate the heart rate when needed, and scopolamine protects against post-surgery nausea and vomiting.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Hospitals generally have atropine on hand; it is commonly used in much less drastic situations, like dilating pupils for eye exams.
    — Gerry Doyle, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2017
  • Syringes of adrenaline, atropine and amiodorone are prepared to stimulate and stabilize the faltering currents of a heart muscle starved of oxygen.
    — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The most important therapies are atropine, oximes and anticonvulsants.
    — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 29 May 2018
  • The flower contains the alkaloids scopolamine and atropine, which are considered an entheogen—a psychoactive compound used in a spiritual context.
    — David Shultz, Science | AAAS, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Recent research has suggested that using eyedrops with the medication atropine may slow the progression of nearsightedness.
    — Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019

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