MEDICATIONS FOR ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
| Medication Name | Brand Name | Side Effects |
| Pemoline | Cylert | nystagmus
oculogyric crisis |
MEDICATIONS FOR SPASTICITYAND MOVEMENT DISORDERS
| Medication Name | Brand Name | Side Effects |
| Trihexyphenidyl hydrocholoride | Artane | dilation of the pupil
blurred vision angle-closure glaucoma (with long-term treatment) |
| Dantrolene sodium | Dantrium | visual disturbance
diplopia excessive tearing |
| Baclofen | Lioresal | abnormal vision
abnormal accommodation diplopia |
| Carbidopa/levodopa | Sinemet | oculogyric crises
diplopia blurred vision dilated pupils blepharospasm |
| Diazepam | Valium | blurred vision |
| Tizanidine | Zanaflex | amblyopia
blurred vision |
MEDICATIONS FOR SEIZURE MANAGEMENT
| Medication | Brand Name | Side Effects |
| Felbamate | Felbatol | diplopia
abnormal vision |
| Tiagabine | Gabitril | nystagmus
strabismus amblyopia |
| Levetiracetam | Keppra | diplopia |
| Vigabatrin | Sabril | loss of vision |
| Ethosuxamide | Zarontin | myopia |
| Zonisamide | Zonegran | diplopia
amblyopia visual field defect glaucoma photophobia iritis |
MEDICATIONS FOR ALLERGIES
| Medication | Brand Name | Side Effects |
| Cetirizine | Zyrtec | ptosis
syncope tremor twitching vertigo visual field defect blindness conjunctivitis eye pain glaucoma loss of accommodation ocular hemorrhage xerophthalmia |
MEDICATIONS FOR DROOLING
Medication |
Brand Name |
Side Effects |
| Trihexyphenidyl | Artane | ptosis
syncope tremor twitching vertigo visual field defect blindness conjunctivitis eye pain glaucoma loss of accommodation ocular hemorrhage xerophthalmia |
| Glycopyrrolate | Robinul | blurred vision
dilatation of the pupil cycloplegia |
| Scopolamine | mydriasis
cycloplegia |
MEDICATIONS FOR NEUROGENIC BLADDER
| Medication | Brand Name | Side Effects |
| Oxybutynin | Ditropan | amblyopia
cycloplegia decreased lacrimation mydriasis blurred vision |
MEDICATIONS FOR GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
| Medication | Brand Name | Side Effects |
| Ranitidine | Zantac | blurred vision |
References
Teplin, S., & Alexander, J. (2003). Medications that influence visual functioning. Chapel Hill, NC: Early Intervention Training Center for Infants and Toddlers With Visual Impairments, FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-CH.
Mosby, Inc. (2003). Mosby's drug consult. Retrieved May 2, 2003, from http://home.mdconsult.com/das/drug/view/28204821
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