FDA Approves Vuity: The First and Only Eye Drop for Presbyopia, what kinda voodoo do you do? Has anybody else heard of this? Just seen it this morning.
FDA Approves Vuity: The First and Only Eye Drop for Presbyopia, what kinda voodoo do you do? Has anybody else heard of this? Just seen it this morning.
Roy W. Jackson, Sr. ABOC
It works via reducing pupil size, it is only effective for several hours and will not be covered by insurance as it is not a necessity. The initial claim is the cost is $80.00 per month but not to sure of that claim.
The article says it doesn't effect distance when reducing the pupil size, to me it would have the opposite effect as dilation.
Roy W. Jackson, Sr. ABOC
Would the reduced pupil size affect night or other low light issues?
About three lines better for 6-8hrs if you think instilling drops is easier than cleaning your eyeglasses. Probably Rx/pharmacy only and spendy.Originally Posted by Optical Roy
Serious Reactions
retinal detachment
lens opacification (long-term use)
Common Reactions
lacrimation
blurred vision
ocular stinging, transient
ocular burning, transient
headache, supraorbital or temporal
ciliary spasm
conjunctival congestion
superficial punctate keratitis
myopia
visual acuity decrease
impaired dark adaptation
corneal granularity
Watch for the lens softening products to appear in the somewhat near future.
Best regards,
Robert Martellaro
Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. - Richard P. Feynman
Experience is the hardest teacher. She gives the test before the lesson.
Front desk at my office is already getting calls about whether we "have" it or not. I'm skeptical only because we can't seem to get patients to take their AREDs, artificial tears, and COAG drops reliably, to the detriment of their ocular health, yet they are excited about a drop for presbyopia. Hopefully they will be RX only with the possible side effects being concerning.
Krystle
Man, it's weak pilo. Pilo is cheap as dirt and old as dirt. What are they charging to dilute this stuff?
This is not a big deal. It will be sucky.
One eye will be dim, and it's not going to be good for driving in the dark or getting up to empty the prostate-blocked bladder (yeah, it's supposed to "wear off"...).
Robert's right: the lens-softening thing (known by some secret letter-number combo) is at least something new and different. I'd wait to see about that.
Pilo has side effects as mentioned. I doubt we'll see a bunch of retinal detachments, but we'll see headaches for sure.
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