%0 Journal Article
%T Intraocular pressure in schizophrenic patients treated with psychiatric medications
%A Souza
%A Val¨¦ria Barreto Novais e
%A Moura Filho
%A Francisco Jos¨¦ Rodrigues de
%A Souza
%A F¨¢bio Gomes de Matos e
%A Pereira Filho
%A Sergio Augusto Carvalho
%A Coelho
%A Suele Serra
%A Furtado
%A Fernando Ant£¿nio Mendes Lopes
%A Gon£¿alves
%A Tiago Bessa Almeida
%A Vasconcelos
%A Karla Feitosa Ximenes
%J Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
%D 2008
%I Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia
%R 10.1590/S0004-27492008000500009
%X purpose: in order to assess the occurrence of adverse ocular effects of antipsychotic drugs, we sought to evaluate intraocular pressure of schizophrenic patients treated with psychiatric medications. methods: twenty-eight outpatients with dsm-iv diagnosis of schizophrenia who met both the inclusion and exclusion criteria were submitted to an ophthalmic evaluation for ocular abnormalities which included intraocular pressure measurement with goldmann applanation tonometry. results: raised intraocular pressure was found in three patients (11%). abnormality in cup-disc ratio was seen in only one patient with cup-disc ratio asymmetry of 0.4. all these four patients were taking only ziprasidone. conclusions: patients using ziprasidone were found to have abnormalities in both intraocular pressure and cup-disc ratio.
%K intraocular pressure
%K schizophrenia [drug therapy]
%K polypharmacy
%K antipsychotic agents [adverse effects]
%K glaucoma.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-27492008000500009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en