PMID: 8960083Nov 1, 1996Paper

Acute bronchial asthma associated with the administration of ophthalmic indomethacin

Israel Journal of Medical Sciences
J Polachek, P Shvartzman

Abstract

A life-threatening episode of bronchial asthma may follow treatment by ophthalmic indomethacin. This case report describes an elderly man who experienced a serious attack of bronchial asthma after receiving ophthalmic indomethacin solution for aphakic cystoid macular edema, following extracapsular cataract extraction.

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