A 21-year-old female asked:
can zoloft (sertraline) affect eyesight?
2 doctor answers
Dr. Eric Weisman answered
36 years experience Neurology
Yes but ....: more often than not the eye problems are due to something else. Best have the eye doctor have a look. (refraction, tonometry and a good look at the back of the eye ) If then it is thought that the medication may be contributing, the prescribing physician should be made aware and allowed to participate in any proposed change in medication.
Answered on May 20, 2017
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Possibly: Per Drugs.Com there is potential for: "Common (1% to 10%): Abnormal vision, visual disturbance. Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Abnormal accommodation, conjunctivitis, eye pain, mydriasis. Rare (less than 0.1%): Abnormal lacrimation, angle-closure glaucoma, anterior chamber eye hemorrhage, diplopia, exophthalmos, photophobia, ptosis, scotoma, visual field defect, xerophthalmia
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Answered on May 20, 2017
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Dr. Heidi Fowler commented
25 years experience Psychiatry
Provided original answer
Blindness, cataract, optic neuritis." See: https://www.drugs.com/sfx/zoloft-side-effects.html. However, zoloft is a good medication and these are only potential side effects - some are quite rare.
May 20, 2017
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