摘要 |
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of diseases associated with decrease in tear. The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of diseases associated with decrease in tear such as dry eye, dry disorders of cornea and conjunctiva, disorders of the keratoconjunctival epithelium, syndrome with decrease in tear secretion, xerophthalmia, dry eye due to aging, ophthalmopathy in Stevens-Johnson syndrome, ophthalmopathy in Sjögren's syndrome, keratoconjunctival ulcer, dryness in wearing of contact lens or the like, which comprises as an active ingredient a phenylethanolaminotetralin-carboxamide derivative represented by the general formula (I) wherein A represents a lower alkylene group, B represents an amino group, a di(lower alkyl)amino group or a 3 to 7-membered alicyclic amino group which may have an oxygen atom in the ring, a carbon atom with the mark “*” represents a carbon atom of S-configuration or R-configuration, or a mixture thereof and a carbon atom with (S) represents a carbon atom of S-configuration, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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