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A member asked:
Hi there, i experience visual trailing/palinopsia and mild pain in my eyes. i was prescribed topiramate for weight loss and as a supplementary mood stabiliser, but was told that there are many side effects that come from using it. is this normal?
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Side effects: Per Drugs.Com - Topirimate can cause ocular side effects: "Common (1% to 10%): Vision blurred, diplopia, visual disturbance ** Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Visual acuity reduced, scotoma, myopia, abnormal sensation in eye, dry eye, photophobia, blepharospasm, lacrimation increased, photopsia, mydriasis, presbyopia"
Answered 8/5/2020
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