Drug reactions glaucoma

It is important to review the patient s medication history for potential drug-drug and drug-glaucoma interactions, adherence, presence of systemic and ocular adverse drug reactions, and ability to use ophthalmic preparations. 

Adverse drug reactions because of their pressor effects, and because they can also increase heart rate, sympathomimetic decongestants should be avoided by patients with any kind of cardiovascular condition or glaucoma. They also interfere with metabolism, including glucose metabolism, and should not... 

Pulmonary Two patients experienced serious adverse drug reactions. The first was an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with dyspnoea in a patient who smoked and was diagnosed with ocular hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This was deemed probably related to study treatment. The episode resolved about 14 days after oral prednisolone treatment was initiated. Bimatoprost 0.01% was discontinued and the patient was switched to brinzolamide 1%. The second serious adverse drug reaction was an asthma attack in a patient with bilateral glaucoma and asthma. This was deemed possibly related to study treatment. The patient recovered about 2 weeks after discontinuation of bimatoprost 0.01% [37]. 

A patient with glaucoma is prescribed pilocarpine eye drops. One adverse reaction that the nurse will expect with the use of this drug is. ... 

Because of its potent anticholinergic properties, thioridazine shonld be used cautiously in patients with cardiac diseases snch as congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, angina pectoris, or heart block in encephalitis, Reye s syndrome, head injnry, respiratory disease, epilepsy and other seizure disorders, glaucoma, prostatic hypertrophy, urinary retention, Parkinson s disease, and pheochromocytoma because the drug may exacerbate these conditions and in hypocalcemia because it increases the risk of extrapyramidal reactions. 

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