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Article: Drug-induced ocular side effects are wide ranging.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- December 2, 2002
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2002 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Lynn Yoffee, senior medical writer - Drug-induced ocular side effects can range from mild to severe.
An expert on the topic presented advice for handling these adverse effects with patients at the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology 2002 joint meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Frederick T. Fraunfelder, MD, professor of ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, and founder, National Registry of Drug-Induced Ocular Side Effects, the agency that reviews the side effects of drugs and chemicals on vision for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the World ...