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Does anyone have side effects, like eye damage, from Ethambutol?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jan 10 10:50pm | Replies (40)Comment receiving replies
@grgpc
Greg what did the opthomologist tell you was causing the eye glare? Was it toxicity of the ethambutol?
I have had a glare for the past 4 months. Optometrist doesn’t see any reason for it. Field vision test is ok.
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@arkie01 Hi, yes the doctor described it as optic nerve damage due to the Ethambutol. I stopped taking the Ethambutol and saw a total of three ophthalmologists. After about 4 months my vision in my left eye started to get better. By August my vision was back to normal. The doctor said I was lucky since I'm 66 years old. My ID doctor did not replace that antibiotic with something else. He just kept me on the azithromycin, rifampin and arikace.