whether oral quinolones cause double vision

November 2009

There's more focus on whether oral quinolones cause double vision.

Researchers are finding a possible association...but it's probably very rare...only about 171 cases in the last 23 years.

They speculate that quinolones might weaken the extraocular tendons that attach the eye to skeletal muscles.

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