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===Medications=== Some medications, such as systemic, topical, or inhaled [[corticosteroid]]s, may increase the risk of cataract development.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Weatherall M, Clay J, James K, Perrin K, Shirtcliffe P, Beasley R | title = Dose-response relationship of inhaled corticosteroids and cataracts: a systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = Respirology | volume = 14 | issue = 7 | pages = 983–990 | date = September 2009 | pmid = 19740259 | doi = 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01589.x | s2cid = 43843511 }}</ref><ref name=Hod1995/> Corticosteroids most commonly cause posterior subcapsular cataracts.<ref name=Hod1995>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hodge WG, Whitcher JP, Satariano W | title = Risk factors for age-related cataracts | journal = Epidemiologic Reviews | volume = 17 | issue = 2 | pages = 336–346 | date = 1995 | pmid = 8654515 | doi = 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036197 }}</ref> People with [[schizophrenia]] often have risk factors for lens opacities (such as diabetes, hypertension, and poor nutrition). Second-generation [[antipsychotic]] medications are unlikely to contribute to cataract formation.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Uçok A, Gaebel W | title = Side effects of atypical antipsychotics: a brief overview | journal = World Psychiatry | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 58–62 | date = February 2008 | pmid = 18458771 | pmc = 2327229 | doi = 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2008.tb00154.x }}</ref> [[Miotics]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = van den Brûle J, Degueldre F, Galand A | title = [Drug-induced cataracts] | language = fr | journal = Revue Médicale de Liège | volume = 53 | issue = 12 | pages = 766–769 | date = December 1998 | pmid = 9927876 | trans-title = Drug-induced cataracts }}</ref> and [[triparanol]] may increase the risk.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2012/MB_cgi?mode=&term=Triparanol&field=entry |title=Triperanol |publisher=National Library of Medicine |work=MeSH |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222085138/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2012/MB_cgi?mode=&term=Triparanol&field=entry |archive-date=2015-12-22 }}</ref>
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