Scopolamine (nausea medication) and loss of vision

[FabulousFun87 22]

I am 6 day post opt

Yesterday I started freaking out because my vision was becoming super blurry when I tried to read anything up close (farsighted). Now I have never has any vision issues before, I don’t even wear glasses. 20/20 vision here

It was freaking me out so I started searching online about weigh loss surgery and eyesight. The main thing I found was the connection to scopolamine and blurry vision. I was given scopolamine (a circle patch you put behind your ear to prevent nausea). before I I went to surgery.

So after I read about that immediately took the patch off.

Since it has been off I want to say my vision is a little better. Has anyone else ever have this happen after using scopolamine? If so did your vision ever come back to normal and how long did it take?

[AtlantaRed 651]

I had blurry vision after gallbladder surgery. It was due to the pain medicine. My pupils were very dilated which caused the blurry vision.

[GassyGurl 428]

I had the patch, but left it on 3 days. Actually I forgot about it. My vision was blurry, and slowly got better over a few days. Nurse said it's normal.

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[TakingABreak 2,733]

https://www.medicinenet.com/scopolamine-transdermal/article.htm

Usually blurry vision comes from touching the patch and coming in contact with your eyes. It causes your eyes to dilate, and therefore causes blurry vision.  Mine fell off after a couple days? Six days post op it seems unlikely if it’s been off to be still causing problems. 

[FabulousFun87 22]

I took it off yesterday

[TakingABreak 2,733]

On 06/12/2018 at 16:37, FabulousFun87 said:

I took it off yesterday

Are your eyes dilated?

[TakingABreak 2,733]

On 06/12/2018 at 16:37, FabulousFun87 said:

I took it off yesterday

The article says to make sure you wash your hands and the area that the patch was on, there may be residue from the medication. It’s easy to have contact, tucking hair behind your ears for example.

[SoCalLaura 53]

I’m a nurse, this is a common side effect of scopolamine. You did the right thing in removing the patch.< /p>