FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A thorough medication history is essential for identifying drug-induced uveitis, according to a presenter here.
“Medications are a very uncommon but important and underrecognized cause of uveitis in our population,” Sanjay Kedhar, MD, said at the Retina World Congress. “There are many drugs that have been implicated in causing uveitis, ranging from topical therapies like glaucoma medications all the way to TNF-alpha inhibitors and other systemic medications as well as vaccines.”
Sulfonamides and fluoroquinolones can both cause uveitis,