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Review
. 2024 Dec 2;16(12):e74976.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.74976. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Systemic Medications and Their Ocular Side Effects

Mashael Al-Namaeh  1   2
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Review

Systemic Medications and Their Ocular Side Effects

Mashael Al-Namaeh. Cureus. .

Abstract

Most of the drugs that we use in our everyday clinic cause ocular side effects or toxicity, depending on the drug duration and dose. Eye care physicians should be familiar with any possible ocular side effects linked to these medications, which could save the physicians' time to determine the diagnosis of the ocular irritation or toxicity. Not all medications are listed in this review, but we did go over the most common systemic medications based on our experience seeing patients in our everyday clinic. The ocular adverse effects of the most common drugs used are reviewed in this review article.

Keywords: antituberculous ocular toxicity; ocular toxicity; retinal toxicity; systemic medication; tamoxifen ocular toxicity; visual field defect.

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Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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