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Is Blured Vision A Side Effect Of Calcium Channel Blockers And ACE Inhibitor?
Question: Is it wise to take a beta blocker, calcium channel blocker and ACE inhibitor at the same time to treat hypertension I am experiencing blurred vision in one eye and believe one or more of these drugs may be causing problem.
Brief Answer:
they can be taken together
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
combinations of ACE inhibitors, diuretics, calcium channel blocker and beta blocker are fairly common and although we're talking about 4 drugs taken either together or close to its other, they're well tolerated. All the drugs you've mentioned may cause visual disturbances but they're rare. Since it's unilateral eye causes will have to be excluded first. You'd better visit an ophthalmologist for that. Examination of the eye provides essential information for the diagnosis.
If the ophthalmologist believes that there is no eye condition that causes this symptom then you can try to stop one drug at a time to see if the symptom improves. The chances that the drugs caused it are very low.
I hope it helps!
Kind Regards!
they can be taken together
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
combinations of ACE inhibitors, diuretics, calcium channel blocker and beta blocker are fairly common and although we're talking about 4 drugs taken either together or close to its other, they're well tolerated. All the drugs you've mentioned may cause visual disturbances but they're rare. Since it's unilateral eye causes will have to be excluded first. You'd better visit an ophthalmologist for that. Examination of the eye provides essential information for the diagnosis.
If the ophthalmologist believes that there is no eye condition that causes this symptom then you can try to stop one drug at a time to see if the symptom improves. The chances that the drugs caused it are very low.
I hope it helps!
Kind Regards!
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