Can Antibiotics Cause Diplopia?
Fluoroquinolones May Be Linked to Double Vision Researchers analyzed 171 cases of double vision associated with systemic fluoroquinolones (antibiotics used for bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis and certain skin infections), occurring between 1986 and 2009. In 53 patients the antibiotics regimen was discontinued, and the double vision went away. One of the side effects of fluoroquinolones is tendon dysfunction, which if it occurs in muscles around the eyes, may cause double vision. A report on the study appeared in the September 2009 issue of Ophthalmology. • Cataracts. Cataracts may cause ghost images, usually in one eye only. This is because the clouding of the eye’s natural lens that sits behind the pupil (called a cataract) can cause light rays to scatter in different directions, creating multiple but incomplete images, especially when you look at lights. Cataract surgery (removing the natural lens and replacing it with an artificial lens, called an implant) will eliminate this ghost
