Adverse ocular effects of flecainide

Adverse ocular effects associated with niacin therapy.

In a retrospective survey of patients taking medication for hyperlipidaemia, those taking niacin (nicotinic acid) were more likely (p < 0.05) to report sicca syndromes, blurred vision, eyelid oedema, and macular oedema compared with those who never took niacin. Additionally, 7% of those taking niacin discontinued the drug owing to adverse ocular side effects, while none of the other lipid lower...

Adverse ocular effects from lice shampoo.

Ocular surface adverse effects of ambient levels of air pollution.

It is widely recognized today that outdoor air pollution can affect human health. Various chemical components that are present in ambient pollution may have an irritant effect on the mucous membranes of the body, particularly those of the respiratory tract. Much less attention has been focused on the adverse effect on the ocular surface, despite the fact that this structure is even more exposed...

Adverse effects of smoking on patients with ocular inflammation.

BACKGROUND To evaluate how smoking affects the time to disease quiescence and time to disease recurrence in patients with ocular inflammation. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of patients with ocular inflammation who were followed longitudinally and had smoking information available in the Systemic Immunosuppressive Therapy for Eye Diseases Cohort Study database. RESULTS Among 2676 pati...

Ocular adverse effects of systemic treatment with isotretinoin.

OBJECTIVE To examine whether isotretinoin therapy could result in deleterious ocular effects, as previously described in case report studies. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING The study was conducted using the electronic medical databases of a large health maintenance organization in Israel. PATIENTS The study population consisted of 14 682 adolescents and young adults who were n...