Visual Disturbance in a Patient with Amiodarone Treatment Following Refractive Surgery
Journal of Ophthalmic and Optometric Sciences,
Vol. 1 No. 3 (2017),
29 November 2017
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Page 39-42
https://doi.org/10.22037/joos.v1i3.23351
Abstract
Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication used to treat a number of irregular heartbeats. Known ocular side effects of amiodarone include visual loss, swelling of the optic disc without visual deterioration and abnormal blue color vision. After discontinuation of amiodarone either a visual improvement or a permeant deterioration may result. Here we report a rare case of visual disturbance in a patient with a history of amiodarone treatment complaining from seeing colored rings around the lights after refractive surgery. After the discontinuation of amiodarone treatment the patient complains subsided.
Keywords: Amiodarone; Visual side effect; Treatment; Refractive surgery.
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