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| Title |
Ophthalmic adverse effects of nasal decongestants on an experimental rat model
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| Published in |
Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.5935/0004-2749.20180012 |
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| Authors |
Ayse Ipek Akyuz Unsal, Yesim Basal, Serap Birincioglu, Tolga Kocaturk, Harun Cakmak, Alparslan Unsal, Gizem Cakiroz, Nüket Eliyatkın, Ozden Yukselen, Buket Demirci |
| Abstract |
To investigate the potential effects of chronic exposure to a nasal decongestant and its excipients on ocular tissues using an experimental rat model. Sixty adult male Wistar rats were randomized into six groups. The first two groups were control (serum physiologic) and Otrivine® groups. The remaining four groups received the Otrivine excipients xylometazoline, benzalkonium chloride, sorbitol, and ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid. Medications were applied into both nostrils twice a day for 8 weeks. Before the rats were sacrificed, epithelial staining, the Schirmer test, and intraocular pressure measurements were performed under ketamine/xylasine anesthesia (50 and 5 mg/kg, respectively). Epithelial defects and dry eye were common findings in all study groups. Cataracts developed in two cases clinically. Histopathological evaluation revealed many different pathological alterations in all parts of the ocular tissues such as corneal edema, polypoid proliferation and hyalinization of the vessel wall, cystic formation of the lens, retinal nerve fiber layer degeneration, and corpora amylacea formation of the lacrimal gland. Prolonged usage of the nasal decongestant xylometazoline and its excipients may cause ophthalmic problems such as dry eyes, corneal edema, cataracts, retinal nerve fiber layer, and vascular damage in rats. Although these results were obtained from experimental animals, ophthalmologists should keep in mind the potential ophthalmic adverse effects of this medicine and/or its excipients and exercise caution with drugs containing xylometazoline, ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, benzalkonium chloride and sorbitol for patients with underlying ocular problems. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 11 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 27% |
| Professor | 1 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 9% |
| Researcher | 1 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 4 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 27% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 9% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 9% |
| Chemistry | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 4 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 January 2021.
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