✍️ relatively rare with incidence of less than 0.5%.
✍️ systemic medications associated with uveitis.
☝️cidofovir
☝️cobalt
☝️diethylcarbamazepine
☝️pamidronic acid (disodium pamidronate),
☝️interleukin-3
☝️interleukin-6
☝️oral contraceptives
☝️quinidine
☝️rifabutin
☝️streptokinase
✍️ Topical ocular medications
☝️beta-blockers
☝️Cidofovir
☝️pamidronic acid
☝️sulfonamides
☝️rifabutin
☝️topical metipranolol
✍️ Treatment of Drug-induced uveitis
☝️recognition of a drug
☝️avoidance of the drug.
☝️mainly short course topical steroids and cyclopentolate
☝️Therapy depends on the severity and likelihood of the reaction.
☝️Drug-induced uveitis is almost always reversible within weeks of discontinuation of the drug and treatment of the inflammation.
✅ Drug-induced uveitis List of drugs and its usage
☝️Cidofover (antiviral CMV)
☝️Moxifloxacin ( anti bacterial)
☝️Rifabutine ( atypical mycobacterium in HIV)
☝️Sulphonamides ( antibacterial)
☝️Pilocarpine glaucoma)
☝️Betaxolol( glaucoma)
☝️Metipranolol( glaucoma)
☝️Prostaglandin analogues( glaucoma)
☝️Brimonidine ( glaucoma)
☝️Biphosphonates ( osteoporosis)
☝️Anti TNF alpha ( infliximab ,adalimumab)
☝️Anti VEGF( Avastin)
☝️Most of the available vaccines ( influ, hepatitis)
☝️Diethylcarbamazine( filariasis)
☝️Clomiphene( ovulation)
☝️Podophyllum( warts)
☝️Quinine ( arrhythmia)
☝️Topiramate ( epilepsy)
☝️PPD ( TB test)