Category: Side Effect: Vision / Optical (blindness, macular edema, sudden vision loss)
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Beovu Label Change: Warnings About Possible Permanent Vision-Loss Side Effects Added In June 2020
Beovu Use Increased Risks Of Retinal Vasculitis And Retinal Vascular Occlusion, Which Can Lead To Blindness (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In early June 2020, the FDA approved a label update…
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Beovu Vision-Related Side Effects Warnings Label Change Request By Novartis: News Report
This Is A Reversal Of March 2020 Novartis Position That Current Beovu Drug Label Provided Sufficient Warnings (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) According to an April 2020 news report, Novartis has…
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Iclusig: Leukemia Drug With Many Different Serious Side Effects Had More Warnings Added In November 2016
Black-Box Warning Now Includes Venous Thromboembolism As Well As Various Types Of Arterial Occlusions, And There Are More New Safety Issues (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Iclusig (ponatinib) is a kinase…
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Potential Retinal Detachments Link With Avelox, Levaquin, And Cipro Cannot Be Ruled Out According To Health Canada Safety Review
These Popular Fluoroquinolones Antibiotics Have Been Suspected Of Causing Serious Vision Problems And Visual Side Effects During Past Several Years (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In January 2016, Health Canada issued…
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Current “First-Time” Users Of Avelox Who Received A Prescription In The Past 15 Days Had 3-Times Higher Rate Of Developing Uveitis, An Eyes / Vision Drug Side Effect
And An Increased Risk Of Uveitis For Current “Repeat” Users Of Avelox Who Were On At Least Their Second Term Of Taking This Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic Pill (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The popular antibiotic Avelox (moxifloxacin) appears to…
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Levaquin / Cipro / Avelox: Retinal Detachments Are Visual Side Effects Of Oral Fluoroquinolones Antibiotics
Health Canada Suggests That Low Level Or Under-Reporting For These Adverse Reactions Involving Eyesight Is Due To The Limited Information Available (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Back in April 2012 we posted this…
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Use Of Oral Bisphosphonates Such As Boniva And Fosamax Associated With Inflammatory Eye Diseases
Greater Risk For Uveitis, Scleritis, And Other Ocular Side Effects According To Two Recent Medical Journal Articles (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Fosamax, Boniva, and other osteoporosis medications in the bisphosphonates drug class…
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Possible Avandia / Actos Drug-Related Eye Disease: Diabetic Macular Edema; Increased Risk For Type 2 Diabetes Patients
New Medical Journal Article Provides More Information About Emerging Drug Safety Issue Involving Avandia / Actos Side Effect Affecting Sight And Vision (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) According to a recent medical journal article,…
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Current Use Of Cipro And Levaquin Associated With Increased Risk Of Detached Retina Eye Injury
Neither Recent Nor Past Use Of These Antibiotics In Fluoroquinolones Class Was Related To Retinal Detachment (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Patients taking oral antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones such as Cipro (ciprofloxacin) and…