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betamethasone (BETA-VAL, DERMABET, DIPROLENE, LUXIQ, SERNIVO, VALNAC); desoximetasone (TOPICORT); fluocinolone (CAPEX, DERMA-SMOOTHE/FS, SYNALAR); fluocinonide (LIDEX, LIDEX-E, VANOS); hydrocortisone [topical] (ALA-CORT, ALA-SCALP, ANUSOL HC, CORTAID, CORTIZONE 10, HI-COR, HYTONE, LOCOID, NEACLEAR LIQUID OXYGEN SCAR ADVANTAGE, PANDEL, PENECORT, STIE-CORT, SYNACORT, TEXACORT); triamcinolone [topical] (KENALOG, TRIDERM); clobetasol propionate (CLOBEX, CORMAX, EMBELINE, EMBELINE E, IMPEKLO, IMPOYZ, OLUX, OLUX E)

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Drug-induced Cognitive Impairment: Part 2: Delirium and Dementia
April 2009
This second article about drug-induced dementia or delirium lists and discusses an additional 79 drugs that can cause these reversible kinds of mental deterioration. The two articles collectively review 136 drugs that can cause these serious side effects, especially in older people.
Drug-Induced Eye Toxicity: 62 Drugs That Can Cause Eye Disease
April 2008
This article, based on a recent review in Drug Safety, lists 62 prescription drugs that can cause eye disease. The range of drug-induced eye diseases includes diseases of the eyelids, glaucoma, cataracts, retinal damage and optic nerve damage. As is true for drug-induced diseases in other parts of the body, you should consider newly developed eye symptoms beginning shortly after starting a new medication to be possibly drug-induced and consult a physician.
Drug Induced Psychiatric Symptoms
October 2002
This is the first of a two part series on drug induced psychiatric symptoms that is based on the July 8, 2002 issue of The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. Regular readers of Worst Pills, Best Pills News will recognize The Medical Letter as a reference source written for physicians and pharmacists that we often use because of its reputation as an objective and independent source of drug information. The article lists the drugs and their psychiatric adverse effects.

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