Adverse ocular effects of neuroleptic therapy: semiotics, pathogenesis and treatment

Antipsychotics are widely used in psychiatric practice for treating schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other diseases, including those treated off-label. They manifest many adverse effects, including ophthalmic ones. Some of these effects, such as persistent mydriasis, cycloplegia, extraocular muscle dystonia, and visual hypersensitivity attacks are reversible, since they disappear after dose reduction or drug withdrawal. Yet other side effects, such as cataracts, corneal edema, acute angle closure glaucoma and retinopathy are threatening for sight and may lead to permanent visual acuity decline and even blindness. The review provides data on the incidence of ocular side effects (both typical and atypical) of multiple antipsychotics, their clinical manifestations, pathogenesis and treatment. Eye examination is recommended for patients taking antipsychotics in the early periods of treatment and then twice a year. The psychiatrists need to know about the adverse effects of individual drugs whilst the ophthalmologists should be aware of their semiotics, pathogenesis and treatment, since timely diagnosis and treatment of pathological changes, together with antipsychotic therapy modification, prevent the development of severe and irreversible visual impairment in the majority of cases.

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