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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 228-229 |
Lorazepam-induced diplopia
Jisha M Lucca1, Madhan Ramesh1, Gurumurthy Parthasarathi1, Dushad Ram2
1 Department Pharmacy Practice, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Psychiatry, JSS Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Madhan Ramesh
Department Pharmacy Practice, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.129328
Diplopia - seeing double - is a symptom with many potential causes, both neurological and ophthalmological. Benzodiazepine induced ocular side-effects are rarely reported. Lorazepam is one of the commonly used benzodiazepine in psychiatric practice. Visual problems associated with administration of lorazepam are rarely reported and the frequency of occurrence is not established. We report a rare case of lorazepam-induced diplopia in a newly diagnosed case of obsessive compulsive disorder.
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