Tablets which can affect your vision

The doctor treats but God heals ! And when the doctor treats also , he is dependent on the props of tablets, injections procedures etc. The doctors intentions are Godly but the props have limitations. Nearly all the drugs and all the procedures have side effects.The doctor tries to balance the risk and benefit of the treatment and offers it to the patient.

Many drugs which are used to cure common diseases can affect the vision. Some of these can cause a permanent vision loss, hence the doctor always warns the patients about the possible side effects and to take them under an eye doctors monitoring .But sometimes the patients skip that bit about monitoring and reach the eye doctor only when the waters gone under the bridge.

Forewarned is forearmed! A forewarned doctor keeps a record of baseline investigations prior to the treatment and monitors the vision while the patient is on the drug to cure the original disease.

Diseases like migraine , rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis require treatments for months together.Drugs like ethambutol and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are used for the treatment of the above mentioned diseases and can affect your vision when taken for a long time.Ideally you should get yourself periodically checked by an eye doctor otherwise monitor at home.Topimerate which is used for treating headaches due to migraine can cause an acute rise in the eye pressure and hence at least once an eye check is required prior to starting the treatment .

Just be aware that if you or anyone dependent on you is taking treatment for the above three diseases, if it includes the eye toxic drugs.

Hope someone’s vision is saved by reading this article .