I used the transderm-scop patch for a week about a year ago while on a small fishing boat. My vision became quite blurred by the end of the trip... so bad I couldn't read the numbers on my cellphone, etc. Once I took off the patch, my vision improved substantially... but never seemed to return to normal. I now need reading glasses at times. Is it coincidence that my eyes changed at the same time? I was 45 years old at the time.
Does anyone feel they have permanent vision loss from 1 time use (7 days) of scopolamine?
- Posted:
- 25 Aug 2010 by mrchanute
- Topics:
- transderm-scop, motion sickness, scopolamine
Answers (1)
6 Sep 2010
Eye problems have been reported, but not permanent vision loss.
See: http://www.drugs.com/sfx/scopolamine-transdermal-side-effects.html
Mention it to your eye specialist at your next visit.
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In 2006, a scopolamine patch was placed behind my right ear post surgery to help with nausea. A few days later, I sat in my podiatrist's office and asked which medication was playing with my eyes. He wasn't sure what I was talking about, and I told him that something was really messing with my ability to focus up close. He sent me immediately to my optometrist. I ran through the list of current meds, and he me stopped at scopolamine. He said that one side effect is that it can dilate your eyes (especially touching the patch and touching your eyes), and that there were certain percentages (I can't remember them now) that I would get better, stay the same, or get worse. My eyes stayed the same, and since 2006, I've worn reading glasses. Prior to my foot surgery, my vision was 20/20 in one eye and 20/30 in the other, and I didn't need glasses to read.