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Cattledog

(5,919 posts)
Fri Dec 10, 2021, 08:59 PM Dec 2021

New FDA-approved eye drops could replace reading glasses for millions.

A newly approved eye drop hitting the market on Thursday could change the lives of millions of Americans with age-related blurred near vision, a condition affecting mostly people 40 and older.


Vuity, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in October, would potentially replace reading glasses for some of the 128 million Americans who have trouble seeing close-up. The new medicine takes effect in about 15 minutes, with one drop on each eye providing sharper vision for six to 10 hours, according to the company.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vuity-eye-drops-fda-approved-blurred-vision-presbyopia/?fbclid=IwAR2hn3c4KcHeAUPPI6amZCeCDCPg2plNy1Ch0QKGnexe_PtK-W_clF_g9JQ

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New FDA-approved eye drops could replace reading glasses for millions. (Original Post) Cattledog Dec 2021 OP
Oh lord let this be true. DURHAM D Dec 2021 #1
No thanks. Another chemical with possible side effects in my eye every single day. Pobeka Dec 2021 #2
Just what I could use.... I hope this is true! secondwind Dec 2021 #3
Sounds interesting. Although night/dark vision won't be as good. Hoyt Dec 2021 #4

Pobeka

(4,999 posts)
2. No thanks. Another chemical with possible side effects in my eye every single day.
Fri Dec 10, 2021, 09:09 PM
Dec 2021

I'll stick wtih the reading glasses.

As an aside, if you have an astigmatism (like me), get some prescription reading glasses with a lower power and just correct the astigmatism. I did and it is incredible. Very lightweight too -- got mine a eyebuydirect.com

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