As every ophthalmologist knows, diagnosing ocular disease can be a challenge. One reason it’s not always easy to nail the diagnosis is that patients are often being treated for other health concerns with drugs that can have ocular side effects. “A variety of systemic medications cause ocular side effects,” says Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, an anterior segment specialist and clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York University Medical Center and a partner at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island. “Those side effects are real, and they’re commonly underdiagnosed.” Here, doctors with expertise in the ocular side effects of systemic medications share their experience with some of the drugs most often associated with ocular problems, and offer advice on how to proceed when you encounter them. Read More