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  • Title: Drug-induced cataracts.
    Journal: Prescrire Int; 2011 Feb; 20(113):41-3. PubMed ID: 21488590.
    Abstract:
    Cataracts are crystalline lens opacities leading to a loss of visual acuity. Cataracts mainly affect the elderly, and are more or less incapacitating depending on their intensity and location. Cataracts are irreversible. They are rarely drug-related but can be caused by a wide variety of medications. The most frequently implicated drugs are corticosteroids, even after local or inhaled treatment.
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