heroin withdrawal and strabismus lionel kowal melbourne australia
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Heroin withdrawal and strabismus
Lionel Kowal
MelbourneAustralia
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Jared Mee Ophthalmologist Shivram Nadkarni OphthalmologistSusan Kalff OptometristMichael Kozminsky Drug Rehab Dr
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The whole literature
Mention en passant Himmelsbach Ann Intern Med 1941:829–39. Ream in 1975 text Medical Aspects of Drug Abuse
Cases Firth 3 cases Eye 2001;15: 189-192
Landau EUNOS poster 7 cases 2001 Kowal 5 cases BVQ 2003;18:163-166
Firth BJO 2004;88;1186-1190
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Withdrawal diplopia: Known to drug rehab Drs
Victoria, Australia 4+ million
400 Drs use methadone for addicts84 : >25 pts a year [some >100] We interviewed 51 / 84
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46 Drs: only methadone5 Drs: naltrexone
2/46: 5 cases of strab2/5: ~30 cases of strab3/5: visual problems - no strab
… naltrexone detox more likely to cause strabismus than other withdrawal regimes
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Firth series : UK
69 pts in a commercial detox unit who: complete a pharmacologically assisted 5 day
detox program [sedatives, antipsychotics, naltrexone] &
Participate in eye exam before / after
+ 14 others declined ‘after’ exam A Y Firth, S Pulling, M P Carr and A Y Beaini Orthoptic status before and immediately after heroin detoxificationBr. J. Ophthalmol 2004;88;1186-1190
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Firth: ‘normal’ detox cohort : day 5 exam
>1/2 develop visual symptoms
1/2 develop diplopia1/4 develop acq ETCourse unknownMost must improve
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Kowal series 5 cases
Selection bias - problem persists or is severe / worrying enough to see a strabismus specialist
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#1: uncorrected + 23 yo WCM Previous pharmacologically unassisted
withdrawals no diplopia Diplopia since day 2 of naltrexone 30∆ ET Cyclo +2 Manifest +: week 1 : plano Week 5:+1 Week 11: sc 25∆ ET, +1 10∆ ET Normal radiology
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#2: spasm of accommodation & motor fusion potential
27 yo WCF variable ET since naltrexone Previous diplopia when waiting too long for heroin
doses 8 mo after naltrexone: ET/ ET’ 25∆. Smooth
pursuit asymm & latent nystagmus cyclo +1. Manifest refraction -1. [pseudomyopia
2DS] 11 mo: straight. Fusion divergence D 4 ∆, N 10 ∆.
Stereo 70”. Normal radiology
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#3: symptomatic high+ camouflaged by heroin
34 yo WCF. Vision ‘sharp’ after heroin dose. Over
next 4-8 h progressive blurring & ET sc R 6/8, L 6/48. Small ET Cyclo R +4.5, L +7-2x15 Rx: pilocarpine prn during detox
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#4: long history accomm problems
25 yo WCF. Clonidine assisted withdrawal 2y previously H diplopia
>10 yr history of accomm problems i/mitt use of low+ & ∆ gls #1: ET 15 ∆, E’ 13 ∆ #2: straight with reduced fusion range Declined cyclo refraction [drugs!]
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#5:
30 yo WCM ‘sedative - assisted’ detox diplopia X2
ET 25 ∆, ET’ 30 ∆ No manifest + Declined cyclo
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Summary Kowal 5
4/5 had objective strabismogenic features - uncorrected +, oblique dysfunction, SPA, LN, amblyopia, hypoaccommodator, …….
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Kowal c.f. Firth
Firth’s cases not cycloplegedHyperopia may have been missedStrabismogenic associations
found by Kowal may have been present in some of Firth’s cohort
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Hypothesis 1
Chronic miosis of narcotic use need for accommodation
accommodative convergence need for fusional divergence ‘disuse atrophy’ of motor fusion
system
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Hypothesis 2
Return of normal accommodation requirements
normal convergence + ‘disuse atrophy’ of now inadequate
motor fusion ET
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Hypothesis [cont]
Explains 4 of our cases Doesn’t explain 25% incidence on day
5 of Firth series ‘physiological turmoil’ Accommodative side effects of
‘accessory’ medications
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Heroin Detox diplopia
Common Under recognised in ophthalmology Persisting cases often have pre morbid
features
Thank you
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Firth : day 5 exam
50/ 69 : ocular symptoms. 17: blur D &/or N 14: diplopia 19: blur and diplopia ∑ 33/69 have diplopiaOn day 5, 26 : symptoms were improving 24: worsening or no change
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Table 3 : Cover test findings (numbers refer to number of patients)
Day 1 Day 5 Day 1 Day 5
Nearn=83
Nearn=69
Farn=83
Farn=66
Eso 9 20ET 1
9 39ET 16
Exo 71X 59
46X 37
58X 55
14X 14
Ortho 3 3 16 13