Presbyopia Eye Drops Approval

For eye care professionals there are various ways to treat presbyopia without using eye drops. As people start losing their near vision many try ready-made reading glasses from malls, online retailers, and pharmacies before consulting their eye doctor. However, the majority of people prefer to do a thorough and complete comprehensive eye exam and then chose one or many of the other available solutions that are customized reading glasses, progressives, and multifocal contact lenses. Many get bored with all those corrective tools and opt for a refractive surgery where they can select between monovision laser surgery, multifocal laser surgery, and recently IntraCor laser surgery.

The theory behind the accommodation proposes that given the elasticity of the lens, any relief in the zonular tension caused by a contraction of the ciliary muscle will lead the lens to round up and increase its refractive power allowing humans to focus and see near objects. With age, the ability of the lens to round up and increase in power slowly disappears causing presbyopia.

The rectilinear theory of light is a principle that explains the fact that light travels in straight lines. In cameras that use a pinhole system instead of a lens, images are formed inverted on the film and dimmer. The same phenomena appear when the eyes of humans are in bright light causing pupil constriction to act as a pinhole that selects light that travels through the center of the lens.

The new eye drops are an innovative new way to help treat presbyopia not by correcting the cause of presbyopia but rather by inducing pupil constriction allowing a pinhole effect and improving both near and far vision in different light settings. Those eye drops that are coming soon, are game-changers and are expected to provide eye care providers new opportunities to treat new patients who previously used ready-made and over-the-counter reading glasses.