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If cataracts are caused by medicine, and you stop taking the medicine, will cataracts worsen?
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Aging: Cataracts are always forming slowly in everyone who is living, and they can be accelerated by outside factors such as medicines, so when the meds are removed, the age-related portion will still be occurring.
Answered 9/30/2011
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Yes: Cataracts will continue to progress with or without medicines although the rate may slow down if the medicine is discontinued. . Prednisone is a very common cause of cataracts
Answered 6/30/2014
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