Therapeutic drops are an emerging treatment for patients with presbyopia, with at least eight companies developing products.
Jennifer M. Loh, MD, said at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium that the goal for any presbyopia treatment is to increase a patient’s range of vision at near without affecting distance vision. She said most therapies are focused on miotic drops.
“Presbyopia is an age-related change,” Loh said. “By age 40, accommodative ability really drops off. Because of that, we have to make it up with something else, which we could call (Read more...)