- •DEDICATION
- •PREFACE
- •CONTRIBUTORS
- •INSTRUCTIONS TO USERS
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- •generic name: Zidovudine.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration (oral or intravenous)
- •clinical significance
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- •Class: Amebicides
- •generic names: 1. Broxyquinoline; 2. diiodohydroxyquinoline (iodoquinol).
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Emetine hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Inadvertent ocular exposure
- •clinical significance
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- •Class: Anthelmintics
- •generic name: Diethylcarbamazine citrate.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Mepacrine hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Inadvertent direct ocular exposure
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Piperazine.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Thiabendazole.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •Class: AntibiOtics
- •generic name: Amikacin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application or subconjunctival injection
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Bacitracin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application or subconjunctival injection
- •Inadvertent orbital injection (ointment)
- •clinical significance
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- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application or subconjunctival injection
- •clinical significance
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- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application or subconjunctival injection
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Chloramphenicol.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application or subconjunctival injection
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – intracameral injection
- •systemic side effects
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •clinical significance
- •Recommendations for topical ocular chloramphenicol
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- •generic name: Ciprofloxacin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application
- •Systemic reactions from topical ocular medication
- •Conditional/Unclassified
- •clinical significance
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- •generic names: 1. Demeclocycline; 2. doxycycline; 3. minocycline; 4. oxytetracycline; 5. tetracycline.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application or subconjunctival injection
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: filgrastim.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effect
- •Systemic administration – intravenous
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application
- •Systemic reactions from topical ocular medication
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Gentamicin sulfate.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application or subconjunctival injection
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – intravitreal or intraocular injection
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Kanamycin sulfate.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – subconjunctival injection
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- •generic name: Linezolid.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •Recommendations
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- •generic name: Nalidixic acid.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Neomycin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration (neomycin powder to mucus membranes)
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application or subconjunctival injection
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Nitrofurantoin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Polymyxin B sulfate.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application or subconjunctival
- •clinical significance
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- •generic names: 1. Sulfacetamide; 2. sulfafurazole (sulfisoxazole); 3. sulfamethizole; 4. sulfamethoxazole; 5. sulfanilamide; 6. sulfasalazine; 7. sulfathiazole.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application
- •Conditional/Unclassified
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Telithromycin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Probable
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Tobramycin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application
- •Inadvertent ocular exposure – intraocular injection
- •Inadvertent ocular exposure – subconjunctival injection
- •Inadvertent ocular exposure – ointment in anterior chamber
- •clinical significance
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- •Class: Antifungal Agents
- •generic name: Amphotericin B.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – topical application or subconjunctival injection
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – intracameral injection
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Griseofulvin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •Class: Antileprosy Agents
- •generic name: Clofazimine.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Dapsone.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic names: 1. Chloroquine; 2. hydroxychloroquine.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •Recommendations for hydroxychloroquine
- •Recommendations for chloroquine
- •caution
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- •generic name: Mefloquine hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Quinine.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •clinical significance
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- •Class: Antiprotozoal Agents
- •generic name: Metronidazole.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Suramin sodium.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Tryparsamide.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •Class: Antitubercular Agents
- •generic name: Cycloserine.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Ethambutol.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •Recommendations
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- •generic name: Ethionamide.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Isoniazid.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Rifabutin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Rifampicin.
- •Primary use
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure (ointment)
- •clinical significance
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- •generic name: Thioacetazone (Amithiozone).
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Analeptics
- •generic name: Gabapentin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Lamotrigine.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Vigabatrin.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
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- •Generic names: 1. Benzfetamine hydrochloride; 2. amfepramone hydrochloride (diethylpropion); 3. phendimetrazine tartrate; 4. phentermine.
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- •class: antianxiety agents
- •Generic names: 1. Alprazolam; 2. chlordiazepoxide; 3. clonazepam; 4. clorazepate dipotassium; 5. diazepam; 6. flurazepam; 7. lorazepam; 8. midazolam; 9. oxazepam; 10. temazepam; 11. triazolam.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •clinical significance
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- •Generic names: 1. Carisoprodol; 2. meprobamate.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •class: anticonvulsants
- •Generic names: 1. Ethosuximide; 2. methsuximide.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Ethotoin.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Phenytoin.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Ocular teratogenic effects (fetal hydantoin syndrome)
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Sodium valproate; 2. valproate semisodium; 3. valproic acid.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •Generic name: Topiramate.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •clinical significance
- •Recommendations (Fraunfelder, Fraunfelder and Keates)
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- •Generic name: Zonisamide.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •class: antidepressants
- •Generic names: 1. Amitriptyline; 2. desipramine hydrochloride; 3. nortriptyline hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Amoxapine; 2. clomipramine hydrochloride; 3. doxepin hydrochloride; 4. trimipramine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •Generic name: Carbamazepine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Citalopram hydrobromide; 2. fluoxetine hydrochloride; 3. fluvoxamine maleate; 4. paroxetine hydrochloride; 5. sertaline.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •Generic names: 1. Isocarboxazid; 2. phenelzine; 3. tranylcypromine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •Generic names: Maprotiline.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Methylphenidate hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration – oral
- •Systemic administration – intravenous
- •clinical significance
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- •Generic name: Trazodone.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: antipsycHotic agents
- •Generic names: 1. Chlorpromazine; 2. fluphenazine; 3. perphenazine; 4. prochlorperazine; 5. promethazine; 6. thiethylperazine; 7. thioridazine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Droperidol; 2. haloperidol.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Lithium carbonate.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Loxapine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Pimozide.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Quetiapine fumarate.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: Tiotixene.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: Psychedelic agents
- •Generic names: 1. Dronabinol (tetrahydrocannabinol, THC); 2. hashish; 3. marihuana (marijuana).
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), lysergide; 2. mescaline; 3. psilocybin.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Topical ocular application – liquid LSD
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Phencyclidine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: Sedatives and Hypnotics
- •Generic names: 1. Amobarbital; 2. butalbital; 3. methohexital; 4. methylphenobarbital (mephobarbital); 5. pentobarbital; 6. phenobarbital; 7. primidone; 8. secbutabarbital; 9. secobarbital.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration (Primarily excessive dosage or chronic use)
- •Ocular teratogenic effects (primidone)
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Chloral hydrate.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: agents used to treat gout
- •Generic name: Allopurinol.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Colchicine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Inadvertent ocular exposure
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: antirheumatic agents
- •Generic name: 1. Adalimumab; 2. etanercept; 3. infliximab.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Auranofin; 2. aurothioglucose; 3. sodium aurothiomalate (gold sodium thiomalate).
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Celecoxib; 2. etolodac; 3. nimesulide; 4. rofecoxib; 5. valdecoxib.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Fenoprofen calcium.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Flurbiprofen.
- •Primary use
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Ibuprofen.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Indometacin (indomethacin).
- •Primary use
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure - topical ocular
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Ketoprofen.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: naproxen.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Piroxicam.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: Mild analgesics
- •Generic names: Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Codeine; 2. dextropropoxyphene.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: Paracetamol (acetaminophen).
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Possible
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: narcotic antagonists
- •Generic names: 1. naloxone hydrochloride; 2. naltrexone.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure (naloxone)
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: Strong analgesics
- •Generic name: Diacetylmorphine (diamorphine, heroin).
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Hydromorphone hydrochloride (dihydromorphinone); 2. oxymorphone hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Methadone hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Morphine; 2. opium.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – morphine
- •Epidural or intravenous exposure
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Pethidine hydrochloride (meperidine).
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Inadvertent ocular exposure
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Pentazocine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: adjuncts to anesthesia
- •Generic name: Hyaluronidase.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Subconjunctival or retrobulbar injection
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names: 1. Hyoscine (scopolamine); 2. hyoscine methobromide (methscopolamine).
- •Primary use
- •Systemic
- •Topical
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Suxamethonium chloride (succinylcholine).
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •Recommendations for use in open globe (after chidiac 2004)
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: General anesthesia
- •Generic name: Ether (anesthetic ether).
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Inadvertent ocular exposure
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Ketamine hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Methoxyflurane.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: nitrous oxide.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects.
- •Systemic administration
- •Intravitreal injection of gas during vitrectomy
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name: Propofol.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Intravenous administration
- •Accidental ocular exposure
- •clinical significance
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- •class: local anesthetics
- •Generic names: 1. Bupivacaine hydrochloride; 2. chloroprocaine hydrochloride; 3. lidocaine; 4. mepivacaine hydrochloride; 5. prilocaine; 6. procaine hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration – spiral, caudal, epidural, extradural injections
- •clinical significance
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- •class: tHerapeutic Gases
- •Generic name: Carbon dioxide.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration – extreme concentrations
- •clinical significance
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- •Generic names: Oxygen, oxygen-ozone.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •class: agents used to treat acid Peptic disorders
- •Generic names: 1. Cimetidine; 2. famotidine; 3. nizatidine; 4. ranitidine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •clinical significance
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- •generic names: 1. Ergometrine maleate (ergonovine); 2. ergotamine tartrate; 3. methylergometrine maleate (methylergonovine).
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: antianginal agents
- •generic name: 1. Amyl nitrite; 2. butyl nitrite.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Inhalation administration
- •Topical ocular application – inadvertent contact with liquid
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic names: 1. Diltiazem hydrochloride; 2. nifedipine; 3. verapamil hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •generic names: 1. flecainide acetate; 2. procainamide.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: nitroglycerin.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: antiarrythmic agents
- •generic name: Amiodarone.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Disopyramide.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Methacholine chloride.
- •Primary use
- •Ophthalmic
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: 1. Oxprenolol hydrochloride; 2. propranolol hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Quinidine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: antihypertensive agents
- •generic names: 1. Acebutolol; 2. atenolol; 3. carvedilol; 4. labetolol hydrochloride; 5. metoprolol; 6. nadolol; 7. pindolol.
- •Primary use
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: 1. Alfuzosin hydrochloride; 2. doxazosin; 3. tamsulosin; 4. terazosin.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic names: 1. Captopril; 2. enalapril.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Clonidine.
- •Primary use
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Diazoxide.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Guanethidine monosulfate.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Hydralazine hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Minoxidil.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Topical application
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Prazosin hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic names: 1. Rescinnamine; 2. reserpine.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: BronChodilators
- •generic name: Ipratropium.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration – solution, aerosols or nasal sprays
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Salbutamol (albuterol).
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration – nebulizer
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: diuretics
- •generic names: 1. Bendroflumethiazide; 2. chlorothiazide; 3. chlortalidone; 4. hydrochlorothiazide; 5. hydroflumethiazide; 6. indapamide; 7. methyclothiazide; 8. metolazone; 9. polythiazide; 10. trichlormethiazide.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: furosemide.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Osmotics
- •generic name: Glycerol (glycerin).
- •Primary use
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Mannitol.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Peripheral Vasodilators
- •generic name: Phenoxybenzamine hydrochloride.
- •Primary use
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Vasopressors
- •generic name: Ephedrine.
- •Primary use
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: 1. Epinephrine; 2. norepinephrine (levaterenol).
- •Primary use
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration – injection
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Systemic side effects
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – epinephrine
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •generic name: Phenylephrine.
- •Primary use
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration – nasal application
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Systemic side effects
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Conditional/Unclassified
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Intraocular injection
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration (toxic levels)
- •Inadvertent ocular exposure
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •Intrathecal and intraventricular injections
- •Intracameral injection
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •Systemic administration – intravenous injections
- •Intracrameral injections
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – subconjunctival injection
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration – intravenous
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration – oral
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Antihistamines
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Ocular side effects
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – mitomycin
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration – intravenous
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration – intraveneous
- •Systemic administration – intracarotid injection
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration – intravenous
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration – intravenous
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •Systemic administration
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration – intravenous
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration – intracarotid injection
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •Systemic administration
- •Injection into the eyelid (fluorouracil)
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration (intramuscular, subcutaneous or intravenous injections)
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration (interleukin 2)
- •Subcutaneous administration (interleukin 3 and 6)
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •Ocular teratogenic effects
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic
- •Ophthalmic
- •Systemic administration (intravenous, intramuscular)
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Systemic administration (vincristine unless stated)
- •Inadvertent ocular exposure – vinblastine
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •REFEREnCEs AnD FuRTHER READInG
- •Chemical-induced ocular side effects
- •Class: acids
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Hydrofluoric acid
- •Hydrochloric acid
- •Sulfuric acid
- •Ocular side effects
- •Direct ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Aerosols
- •Generic names:
- •synonyms:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Direct ocular exposure
- •Defective or improper delivery – powder form of CS and CN
- •systemic side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •Proprietary name:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration – acute intoxication
- •Systemic administration – chronic intoxication
- •Ocular teratogenic effects (fetal alcohol syndrome)
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure – retrobulbar injection
- •Inadvertent ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Direct ocular exposure
- •Systemic exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Direct ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Systemic exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Direct ocular exposure
- •Systemic exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Alkali
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical Ocular Exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Direct ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Bleaches
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Detergents
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Glues
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical Ocular Exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Herbicides and insecticides
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic names:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic exposure – acute effects
- •Systemic exposure – chronic effects
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: Hydrocarbons
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Systemic exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Class: MisCellaneOus
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names/products containing:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Generic name:
- •synonyms:
- •Proprietary names:
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Topical ocular exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •Recommendations
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Herbal medicine and dietary supplement induced ocular side effects
- •Herbal or supplement name: Canthaxanthine.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Local ophthalmic use or exposure
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Herbal or supplement name: Datura.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Herbal or supplement name: Ginkgo biloba.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Herbal or supplement name: Licorice.
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
- •Herbal or supplement name: Retinol (Vitamin A).
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FuRTHER READING
- •Primary use
- •Ocular side effects
- •Systemic administration
- •Clinical significance
- •REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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Generic name: Linezolid.
Proprietary name: Zyvox.
Primary use
A new class of synthetic antibiotics, oxazolidinones, for use in drug-resistant Gram-positive bacterial infections.
Ocular side effects
Systemic administration
Probable
1. Blurred or decreased vision
2. Decreased color vision
3. Visual field defects
a.Central scotomas
b.Centrocecal scotomas
4. Optic neuropathy (Fig. 7.1e)
a.Edema
b.Micro-hemorrhages
c.Atrophy
5. Blindness
Clinical significance
The use of this antibiotic is primarily in patients who have a drugresistant Gram-positive organism, often in a life-threatening circumstance. Ocular symptoms, while rare, are seldom seen in the first 28 days of therapy other than blurred vision. In patients requiring extended treatment, unrecognized drug-induced optic neuropathy could lead to bilateral blindness. To prevent this requires regular examinations, which include visual acuity, amsler grid testing, color vision and visual field tests. To date
Recommendations
1. If any visual changes occur, i.e. decreased or blurred vision, color vision abnormalities or any visual field change, the patient should see an ophthalmologist.
2. Perform an ophthalmic evaluation every 3 months if the patient remains on the drug for an extended period of time.
3. If diagnosis of optic neuropathy is suspected, a risk-benefit ratio is needed to determine if it is appropriate to continue the medication. Permanent visual loss, including legal blindness, has occurred if the drug is continued therefore informed consent is recommended.
4. Baseline ophthalmic examinations before starting this drug, including visual acuity, amsler grids, color vision testing and visual fields, while ideal, are probably not cost-effective.
References and Further Reading
Carallo CE, Paull AE. Linezolid-induced optic neuropathy. Med J Aust 177: 332, 2002.
De Vriese AS, Van Coster R, Smet J, et al. Linezolid-induced inhibition of mitochondrial protein sytnthesis. Clin Infect Dis 42: 1111–1117, 2006.
Ferr T, Pnceau B, Simon M, et al. Possibly linezolid-induced peripheral and central neurotoxicity: report of four cases. Infection 33(3): 151–154, 2005.
Frippiat F, Derue G. Causal relationship between neuropathy and prolonged linezolid use. Clin Infect Dis 39(3): 439, 2004.
Frippiat F, Bergiers C, Michel C, et al. Severe bilateral neuritis associated with prolonged linezolid therapy. J Antimicrob Chemother 53(6): 1114–1115, 2004.
Hernandez PC, Llinarea TF, Climent GE, Fernandez AC. Peripheral and optic neuropathy associated to linezolid in multidrug resistant Mycobacterium bovis infections. Medicinia Clinica 124(20): 797–798, 2005.
Mckinley SH, Foroozan R. Optic neuropathy associated with linezolid treatment. J Neuroophthalmol 25: 18–21, 2005.
Rucker JC, Hamilton SR, Bardenstein D, et al. Linezolid-associated toxic optic neuropathy. Neurology 66: 595–598, 2006.
Saijio T, Hayashi K, Yamada H, Wakakura M. Linezolid-induced optic neuropathy. Am J Ophthalmol 139(6): 1114–1116, 2005.
Fig. 7.1e Bilateral temporal disc pallor from systemic linezolid treatment. Photo courtesy of Saijo T, et al: Linezolid-induced optic neuropathy. Am J Ophthalmol 139: 1114-1116, 2005.
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