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Systemic Medications and Ocular Effects
Week 3
10
Medical
Graduate
11/27/2012

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Term
Anticholinergics
Definition
use - GI or urinary tract disorders, Parkinson's disease, psychotic disorders, reactive airway disease
effect - loss of accommodation (youth), pupil dilation, rarely angle closure glaucoma (but acceptable for use in these pts)
Term
Corticosteroids**
Definition
use - generalized immunosuppression and reactive airway disease
effect - cataract, open-angle glaucoma, intracranial hypertension (children who dec dose suddenly)
Term
Digoxin
Definition
use - cardiac abnormalities
effect - reversible xanthopsia (object flicker or have yellow around edges)
Term
Ethambutol hydrochloride**
Definition
use - abx to tx TB
effect - irreversible optic neruopathy in which color vision, acuity, visual fields are reduced
Term
Hydroxychloroquine sulfate**
Definition
use - immunosuppressant for RA and lupus
effect - irreversible pigmentary retinopathy, presenting as loss of color vision, visual field, acuity; bulls-eye maculopahty
Term
Isoniazid*
Definition
use - abx to tx TB
effect - irreversible optic neuropathy in which color vision, acuity, visual fields are reduced
Term
Minocycline hydrochloride**
Definition
use - tx acne vulgaris
effect - blurred vision, field loss, pulsatile tinnitus, headache from inc ICP; papilledema
Term
Sildenafil citrate
Definition
use - erectile dysfunction
effect - transient bluish-tinged vision
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Tamsulosin**
Definition
use - alpha-1 blocker for BPH
effect - relaxes iris dilator muscles which may cause intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS); poor pupil dilation, flaccid iris
Term
Topiramate
Definition
use - prophy of seizures and migraines
effect - angle-closure glaucoma and severe myopic shift due to choroidal effusion that pushes ciliary body forward to occlude the angle
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