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Blurred vision and perindopril...
An MD on this said this med doesn't cause poor vision. With all due respect to that doc, any layperson with ten minutes of free time, a net connection, or a phone line could easily find out perindopril DOES indeed cause many variations of vision impairments, and they are very common. This is indictitive of the general attitude and shows this person didn't even take a moment to qualify their response which they should understand will affect the poser of the question and their health and trust in the medical system.
I believe it has even been peer reviewed.
I started taking this a few days ago after having a heart attack and having two stents placed in. I am a type 1 diabetic and my father has heart disease, so it was inevitable considering I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs and I eat well. Anyway, my left eye has been affected ever since about 24hrs after I started to take it, & it is progressively getting worse. Apparently it "may" pass, but "typically" the only thing that will remedy the issue is to stop taking it.
I don't normally have high BP, so needless to say I will NOT be taking this garbage once I am healed up enough to go off them. What is the point of these meds when in some cases they do not improve your quality of life? Sick... Dizzy, blurry vision(etc), light headed, tired. They keep you in bondage, that is about it.
Basically the point of my rant is this, don't accept just one poorly thought out flimsy answer to a very serious issue and be done with it. Call people, hit the net, read some books. Really dig in... Remember, *MY* problems are *MY* problems, YOURS are YOURS, etc. Nobody is going to care about your problems as much as you, so do the research, and have all relevant information printed up, or whatever, and hit your doc with it and address your concerns and don't let them brush you off.
Typing this up was Hell, and I normally have excellent vision.
Take care all, and happy health!
- Jason
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I understand your frustration. Have you then had a recent eye exam? I encourage you to do so if you have not since the cardiac procedure. There are a lot of things that could happen in a very short period of time to affect your vision and unless you have been fully examined (including a dilated eye exam) recently, you can not simply shrug it off to being due to the medication. Good luck.
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Thank you for your reply, most of my information was gathered from others who are having similar issues, and not all from those fact sheets most drugs have which don't always have every side effect listed.
I was ranting. You are correct. In fact I have a big mouth... That is simply who I am. I just felt the other poster was simply brushed off with the dismissive response that offered very little else then doubt.
I am aware people volunteer their time here, but this is not a web forum about frivolous subject-matter, and people want clear answers, so I get right to the point and it's not personal.
I have zero retinopathy issues, in fact my vision is excellent (normally). I believe it may be a combination of the BP meds and the others.
Thank you again for your reply...
Be safe my friend.
- Jason
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Dear Sir,
I’m not sure what your original post was but the claims you are making are unfounded on multiple levels. First, Perindopril (an ACE inhibitor) does not have any common reported eye side effects outside of a few reported cases of conjunctivitis that were observed that may or may not have been related to the medication in the placebo controlled study. The following are the list of observed side effects with perindopril as reported on drugs.com which “any layperson with ten minutes of free time [and] a net connection .... could easily find out”:
“While dizziness was not reported more frequently in the Perindopril group (8.2%) than in the placebo group (8.5%), it was clearly increased with dose, suggesting a causal relationship with Perindopril. Other commonly reported complaints (1% or greater), regardless of causality, include: headache (23.8%), upper respiratory infection (8.6%), asthenia (7.9%), rhinitis (4.8%), low extremity pain (4.7%), diarrhea (4.3%), edema (3.9%), pharyngitis (3.3%), urinary tract infection (2.8%), abdominal pain (2.7%), sleep disorder (2.5%), chest pain (2.4%), injury, paresthesia, nausea, rash (each 2.3%), seasonal allergy, depression (each 2.0%), abnormal ECG (1.8%), ALT increase (1.7%), tinnitus, vomiting (each 1.5%), neck pain, male sexual dysfunction (each 1.4%), triglyceride increase, somnolence (each 1.3%), joint pain, nervousness, myalgia, menstrual disorder (each 1.1%), flatulence and arthritis (each 1.0%), but none of those was more frequent by at least 1% on Perindopril than on placebo. Depending on the specific adverse event, approximately 30 to 70% of the common complaints were considered possibly or probably related to treatment.”
Yes, it is possible that there are extremely rare side effects that would not be reported in the drug information (including blurry vision) but it would not be "very common" as you claim and normally medications that effect vision do so to both eyes not just one eye as seems to be the case with you.
Second, your claim of lack of care or misinformed response on the part of one of our MDs is unjust and unfounded. Medhelp screens the panels of experts carefully and the experts on these forums volunteer/donate of their time and talents to try and help people who visit this site for no other reason than that they care and want to help others. It seems to me that rather than “ranting,” your time would be better served trying to book an appointment with an ophthalmologist to check your eyes for diabetic retinopathy which is the more likely cause of your decreased vision especially in the setting of recent cardiac procedure which carries with it fluctuations in blood sugar, pressure, and oxygen levels which could lead to a rapid worsening of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is a treatable and potentially blinding condition and if you have not had a recent eye exam by an eye MD/ophthalmologist, you need to book one immediately!
I’m not sure what your original post was but the claims you are making are unfounded on multiple levels. First, Perindopril (an ACE inhibitor) does not have any common reported eye side effects outside of a few reported cases of conjunctivitis that were observed that may or may not have been related to the medication in the placebo controlled study. The following are the list of observed side effects with perindopril as reported on drugs.com which “any layperson with ten minutes of free time [and] a net connection .... could easily find out”:
“While dizziness was not reported more frequently in the Perindopril group (8.2%) than in the placebo group (8.5%), it was clearly increased with dose, suggesting a causal relationship with Perindopril. Other commonly reported complaints (1% or greater), regardless of causality, include: headache (23.8%), upper respiratory infection (8.6%), asthenia (7.9%), rhinitis (4.8%), low extremity pain (4.7%), diarrhea (4.3%), edema (3.9%), pharyngitis (3.3%), urinary tract infection (2.8%), abdominal pain (2.7%), sleep disorder (2.5%), chest pain (2.4%), injury, paresthesia, nausea, rash (each 2.3%), seasonal allergy, depression (each 2.0%), abnormal ECG (1.8%), ALT increase (1.7%), tinnitus, vomiting (each 1.5%), neck pain, male sexual dysfunction (each 1.4%), triglyceride increase, somnolence (each 1.3%), joint pain, nervousness, myalgia, menstrual disorder (each 1.1%), flatulence and arthritis (each 1.0%), but none of those was more frequent by at least 1% on Perindopril than on placebo. Depending on the specific adverse event, approximately 30 to 70% of the common complaints were considered possibly or probably related to treatment.”
Yes, it is possible that there are extremely rare side effects that would not be reported in the drug information (including blurry vision) but it would not be "very common" as you claim and normally medications that effect vision do so to both eyes not just one eye as seems to be the case with you.
Second, your claim of lack of care or misinformed response on the part of one of our MDs is unjust and unfounded. Medhelp screens the panels of experts carefully and the experts on these forums volunteer/donate of their time and talents to try and help people who visit this site for no other reason than that they care and want to help others. It seems to me that rather than “ranting,” your time would be better served trying to book an appointment with an ophthalmologist to check your eyes for diabetic retinopathy which is the more likely cause of your decreased vision especially in the setting of recent cardiac procedure which carries with it fluctuations in blood sugar, pressure, and oxygen levels which could lead to a rapid worsening of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is a treatable and potentially blinding condition and if you have not had a recent eye exam by an eye MD/ophthalmologist, you need to book one immediately!
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