Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1775-1776, October 2006

Disappointment of patients on antidepressant therapy after excimer laser treatment

From the Retina Eye Center (Celik, Kaynak), Psychiatry Department (Ozerdem), and Ophthalmolgy Department (Kocak, Kaynak), Dokuz Eylul Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey

Accepted 17 April 2006.

We describe 2 patients who were receiving antidepressant therapy before excimer laser surgery, at the time of surgery, and after surgery. Both patients experienced the ocular side effects of antidepressant drugs, ie, symptoms due to dry eyes and mydriasis.

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 No author has a proprietary or financial interest in any product mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00890-X

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.04.038

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 10 , Pages 1775-1776, October 2006

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