| Medications adversely affecting the posterior eye |
IOP Decrease | IOP Increase |
Cataract | Visual field & nerve head |
Macula | Colour vision |
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| Allergies - H1 blockers | |
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| Arthritis - select drugs only |
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| Asthma - cholinergic blockers |
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| Anxiety - benzodiazepines |
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| Anxiety - phenothiazines |
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| Blood clots & related |
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| Cancer | |
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| Cardiac arrhymias - class lA |
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| Cardiac arrhymias - class lll |
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| Cholesterol excess | |
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| Congestive heart failure | |
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| Depression - MAOIs, RIMAs |
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| Depression - NARIs, SNRIs |
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| Depression - NaSSs, SSRIs |
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| Diabetes type 2 | |
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| Diarrhoea / IBS | | |
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| Dry mouth | | |
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| Epilepsy - (some only) | |
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| Gastro-intestinal disturbances |
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| HRT (hormone replacement Tx) |
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| Hypertension - alpha1 blockers | |
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| Hypertension - alpha2 drugs | |
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| Hypertension - beta blockers | |
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| Hypertension - diuretics | |
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| Hypertension - vasodilators | |
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| Hypertension - neurone blockers | |
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| Insomnia | | |
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| Kidney failure | |
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| Malaria | |
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| Migraine | | |
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| Nausea / motion sickness |
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| Neuromuscular disorders | |
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| Obesity | | |
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| Oral contraceptives | |
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| Parkinson's | | |
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| Social drugs - alcohol | |
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| Social drugs - barbiturates |
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| Tuberculosis | |
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| Urinary incontinence | |
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