[indices] Cellcept and flying [4]

["Kae Ting Trouilloud" <kaecherie@yahoo.co.uk>]

Greetings Lee,

I am asking a friend in the aviation circle to confirm this, but I have
found the following in Micromedex Healthcare Series on Cellcept and blurred
vision:


DRUGDEX DRUG EVALUATIONS:  MYCOPHENOLATE  

CAUTIONS 
ADVERSE REACTIONS 
ADVERSE REACTIONS, OCULAR 
A. OCULAR EFFECTS 
1. Oral therapy with relatively high doses of mycophenolic acid in psoriasis
patients has been associated with OCULAR CHANGES, including nuclear
sclerotic CATARACTS, BLEPHARITIS, KERATITIS, GLAUCOMA, and MACULAR
ABNORMALITIES (Epinette et al, 1987). These complications have not been
reported in heart or renal transplant recipients treated with mycophenolate
mofetil. 
2. In a clinical trial, BLURRED VISION was reported in de novo renal
transplant patients receiving delayed release mycophenolic acid in
combination with cyclosporine and corticosteroids (Prod Info Myfortic(R),
2004).  

I hope this helps, and I will get back to you as soon as I get more
information, best regards,

Kae Ting Trouilloud
Pharmacist, editor of the Mercy Ships Formulary