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Does taking steroids for temporal arteritis increase the eye pressure? |
My father is taking predmet 8 mg and has been advised regular eye pressure check up. Absolutely, steroids can cause a pressure increase in patients as early as one week after starting the medicine although most steroid responders show an increase in the 3-4 week time period. That said, temporal arteritis is a serious business and steroids are absolutely crucial since this condition can cause serious vision loss if untreated. Your doctors will take care of him and if the steroids do cause a pressure spike, eye drops can be given to lower the pressure. In this case the steroids will do much, much more good than harm. Best of Luck. yes people can be what is called a steroid responder, which means that when people are put are steroids their eye pressure rises. This is particularly important if he has glaucoma. If he notices any change in his vision he should call his eye doctor, b/c it could be the temp. arteritis flaring up again. |
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