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Statin medications and eye disorders!!!
Statins can cause rare eye disorders
Researchers say drug can lead to double vision, droopy eyelids and more
NEW YORK - Treatment with a cholesterol-lowering statin drug may very occasionally cause double vision, drooping eyelids or weakness of the muscles that control eye movement, investigators report.
Dr. F. W. Fraunfelder and Dr. Amanda B. Richards, from the Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, investigated adverse events of this type documented in three large databases and report their findings in the medical journal Ophthalmology.
