Drugs that treat systemic diseases can be lifesaving, but when these drugs lead to poor ocular health or vision, the treatment paradigms can be difficult to balance. When a systemic disease and its treatment are negatively affecting vision, hard choices need to be made.
Physician specialists tend to forget how systemic medications affect other parts of the body, and they can miss reactionary symptoms stemming from those medications, OSN Retina/Vitreous Board Member Pravin U. Dugel, MD, said.
“We’ve become so involved in our own specialties that we learn less and (Read more...)
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