Successful treatment of acquired pendular elliptical nystagmus in multiple sclerosis with isoniazid and base-out prisms

Neurology. 1990 Mar;40(3 Pt 1):492-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.40.3_part_1.492.

Abstract

We treated 3 multiple sclerosis patients who had pendular nystagmus with isoniazid (800 to 1,000 mg/d). Isoniazid abolished the nystagmus and relieved oscillopsia in 2 patients but was ineffective in the 3rd in whom the nystagmus was damped with convergence and vision improved with converging (base-out) prisms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Eyeglasses*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Isoniazid / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Multiple Sclerosis / physiopathology*
  • Nystagmus, Pathologic / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Isoniazid