A case-crossover study conducted on a large health care database in South Korea shed light on the association between acute angle-closure glaucoma and a number of prescription and nonprescription medications.
“Understanding the association of drugs with AAC, a disease that can lead to sudden vision loss, is important in preventing the condition,” the authors wrote.
The data source was the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service database, which contains information on the entire Korean population. A total of 13,531 patients treated for acute angle-closure (AAC) glaucoma