All About Vision explains: “For some medicines, patients are instructed to have an eye examination every year while taking the medicine, and sometimes for several years after stopping it.
“If you think your medicine is causing eye problems, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you stop taking it.”
Corticosteroids, which are available in oral, systemic and topical forms, can also cause cataracts and glaucoma after years of use, according to All About Vision.
They are widely used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, leukemia, lymphoma and asthma.
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