Hi all
Has any member had problem with their eyes when on warfarin. I have developed a sticky film over my eyes in the morning when I wake up, when I rub them it disappears i was wondering if the cause was warfarin, I think it started around the time I started warfarin.
Hi Hazbil,
Me, something like it anyway. I wake up and get a watery film from my eyes. I dab the inside corner of the eye, soak up the moisture and I'm fine. I've been on Warfarin for 7 years and I'd never connected the two. To be honest, I can't remember 7 years back in that sort of detail. I can remember all the detail of when AF hit though !!
However, as I'm over 65 and hold a PCV (Bus) drivers licence I have to have a medical each year anyway and part of that is eyesight - never an issue. I also have regular 2 year eyesight tests for glasses - again never an issue.
John
Never heard of this being caused by warfarin but know such things to be age related.
Interesting. I have had glaucoma and cataract problems for 25/30 years but only since treatment for AF started 6 years ago, have I had the sort of problem you are describing. I need to clear my eyes before I'm able to see clearly and then there is irritation and soreness through the day. I was unable to tolerate eye drops for the glaucoma (they were OK before the AF) and am still unable to use them. I was on warfarin until 6 months ago when I changed to rivaroxaban - but the problem persists. Eye specialists not interested and say it's dry eyes. It isn't. Never had dry eyes before and all this cropped up since I've been on warfarin and/or bisoprolol. I strongly suspect one of them!
Dadog , has a procedure called a trabeculectomy been suggested to you? I struggled for years with drops until my consultant suggested this. I had each eye done a few months apart. It involved a little hole being bored into my eye, then a flap created over it to create a valve of sorts. Haven't had drops since and almost forget about the glaucoma now.
I have what I assume to be dry eyes. I'm on warfarin and flecainide, have early cataracts and loads of floaters .It does not necessarily mean your eyes are dry but that the quality of your tears is compromised. I get gritty eyes one worse than the other, also similar to what OP described and what i equate to "rheumy " eyes associated with advancing years. Worth having a chat with your optician. Finding drops/sprays to help is usually trial and error. I use blink drops as they come in individual one use dropper as I worry about infection ( boots do their own brand too
Hi Bagrat. I've been tried on the lot. Every available preservative free, single use drops as well as the other types with preservative. Whilst my eyes aren't good now, they were really bad with any of the drops. I have to reason that these problems only started with the onset of AF drugs....or it's a strange coincidence!
I'm sorry to hear that Dadog The other thing I find really helps is hot packs on closed eyes. In my case a clean hot flannel in the shower every morning. I have always thought the least fiddling about with eyes the better but do resort to the spray on eyes shut stuff sometimes as well. Ican have a week with no probs then off they go again. I did tend to blame Flecainide but now nor so convinced
Hi all,
I'm on 10 mg of bisoprolol and warfarin plus amlodipine and potassium and my eyes drive me mad some evenings.
They feel like there is a hair or a fluff fibre stuck in my eyelashes and touching my eyes. I have checked with a magnifying mirror and there's never anything there. The only thing that helps really is to go to bed and sleep. Not always what you want to do early evening.
I did think it may be my cat as she is elderly and probably not grooming as well as she used to and have been taking antihistamines which seem to have helped a little.
Reading this though makes me wonder if maybe all the drugs I'm on are affecting my eyes.
It's one of those annoying things I probably will never find out.
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