Open AccessDrug-induced acute myopia following chlorthalidone treatment
Author(s) -
Mahesh Gopalakrishnan,
Giridhar Anantharaman,
Seshadri J Saikumar,
Sachin Fegde
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.33830
Subject(s) - chlorthalidone , medicine , drug , ophthalmology , optical coherence tomography , retinal , pharmacology , diuretic
We report a case of sudden loss of vision due to the development of acute myopia after the intake of chlorthalidone used for treating systemic hypertension. Clinically this was associated with ciliary spasm, shallow peripheral choroidal effusion and retinal striae at the macula with increase in macular thickness seen on optical coherence tomography. All these findings were reversed completely once the drug was discontinued. Development of acute myopia should be kept in mind as an adverse effect of a commonly used antihypertensive drug, namely chlorthalidone.