Psychotropic Drugs and Glaucoma - A Brief Overview

Abstract

Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye’s optic nerve and can result in vision loss and blindness. This “silent thief of vision” is the second most common cause ofblindnessworlwide, currently affecting 60 million people with 8.4 million blind, and projected to rise to 80 million by 2020 with 11.2 million blind. 1Though various eye pathologiesplay role in this commonest cause of irreversible blindness, various medications, including sychotropic medicines and ECT, can cause secondary glaucoma in susceptible patients.