Has anyone started using it? My parents are resistent to glasses but I'm excited at eye drops finally becoming a reality for them. Anyone knows if it's now available?
Vuity for Presbyopia
clubhonda on 02/05/2022 - 18:05
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Wow thanks! That's a lot of material that I had previously not come across before yet. I'll have a look through them.
They were working on an alpha lipoic acid ester product as well which seemed a bit more 'natural' in that it loosned the bonds in the lense allowing it to contract normally. Not sure where they are up to with it though.
Some more reading here:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41433-020-01391-z
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33514891/
https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2269217This seems to be an even better solution if it works, as it's actually treating the root cause rather than the constriction of the pupil.
In the USA, it's a prescription product. So you'll definitely need to visit a doctor or even an eye specialist (aka ophthalmologist) to obtain it.
The active ingredient appears to be Pilocarpine, it's one those products where they make "old stuff is new again". According to the Optometry subreddit they've been using pilocarpine as a treatment for many years now. https://www.reddit.com/r/optometry/comments/rkyhyk/drops_for…
There's some mixed views about this product from various ophthalmologists
https://theophthalmologist.com/subspecialties/varied-views-o…