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'''Acuity suppression''' is the experience of a person's sense of vision becoming partially to completely blurred and indistinct.<ref>Blurry Vision In One Eye Or Both Eyes | https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/blurry-vision.htm</ref> This effect may affect the entirety of the person's vision or specific sections of it. Depending on its intensity, this can often result in a reduced ability to function and perform basic tasks which necessitate the use of sight. | '''Acuity suppression''' is the experience of a person's sense of vision becoming partially to completely blurred and indistinct.<ref>Smith, J. L., & Buncic, J. R. (1999). Drugs which can affect near vision: a useful list. American Orthoptic Journal, 49, 180-190. https://uwpress.wisc.edu/journals/pdfs/AOJ_49_178.pdf</ref><ref>Blurry Vision In One Eye Or Both Eyes | https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/blurry-vision.htm</ref> This effect may affect the entirety of the person's vision or specific sections of it. Depending on its intensity, this can often result in a reduced ability to function and perform basic tasks which necessitate the use of sight. | ||
Acuity suppression is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[double vision]] and [[pattern recognition suppression]]. This effect is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[depressant]] and [[dissociative]] compounds, such as [[alcohol]]<ref>How alcohol intake affects visual temporal processing | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22733012</ref>, [[quetiapine]]<ref>Quetiapine MedicinePlus | https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a698019.html</ref>, [[ketamine]]<ref>https://Common ketamine side effects | www.rxlist.com/ketamine-hydrochloride-side-effects-drug-center.htm</ref>, and [[DXM]]<ref>Dextromethorphan (Oral Route) | https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/dextromethorphan-oral-route/side-effects/drg-20068661</ref>. | Acuity suppression is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[double vision]] and [[pattern recognition suppression]]. This effect is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[depressant]] and [[dissociative]] compounds, such as [[alcohol]]<ref>How alcohol intake affects visual temporal processing | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22733012</ref>, [[quetiapine]]<ref>Quetiapine MedicinePlus | https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a698019.html</ref>, [[ketamine]]<ref>https://Common ketamine side effects | www.rxlist.com/ketamine-hydrochloride-side-effects-drug-center.htm</ref>, and [[DXM]]<ref>Dextromethorphan (Oral Route) | https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/dextromethorphan-oral-route/side-effects/drg-20068661</ref>. |