Presbyopia

World Sight Day is upon us and RestoringVision has issued a lofty but doable goal: help solve the global vision crisis.

Experts answer clinicians’ common questions on treating patients.

Melissa Barnett, OD, from the University of California, Davis Eye Center, Sacramento and Davis, CA, described new strategies, technologies, and drug classes to treat chronic conditions that include myopia, Demodex infestation, meibomian gland dysfunction, glaucoma drug delivery, advancements in corneal and cataract surgeries, and presbyopia

Michelle Hoff, OD, FAAO, ABOM, FNAO, and Isabel Kazemi, OD, FAAO, share key takeaways from their VEW 2022 presentation, "Demystifying near-task specific lenses."

Expert advice offers key practice management tips for making presbyopia drops an integrated part of a clinical armamentarium.

Help presbyopia patients by following fitting guides and embracing new adjunct therapy options.

Patients present with a plethora of complaints, with blurred near vision, headache, fatigue, need for increased working distance and brighter light to read among the most common, according to Cecelia Koetting, OD, during AOA 2022.

Bobby Saenz, OD, MS, FAAO, discusses his AOA 2022 presentation, "Extended Depth of Focus Lenses and Drops."

A pharmaceutical approach (pilocarpine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution 1.25% ) to improving near vision can be used with other technology, benefiting a wide variety of patients.

Companies are entering an exclusive licensing agreement for the development and commercialization of Brimochol PF and Carbachol PF in three new regions: Greater China, South Korea, and select Southeast Asian territories.

Advice for pilots to consider ahead of taking flight.

A look at the current and future landscape of treatment options for this age-related condition.

Trial data finds that CSF-1 (pilocarpine hydrochloride 0.4%), a preservative-free ophthalmic solution, met both its primary and secondary endpoints.

Study evaluated twice-daily administration of VUITY (pilocarpine HCI ophthalmic solution) 1.25% in adults with age-related blurry near Vision

There will be very little downside to optometrists and their practice in offering presbyopia-correcting drops to patients who want better vision without glasses or contact lenses.

Presbyopia awareness: Causes, risk factors, symptoms, correction options and market trends.

With advanced, easy-to-fit multifocal lens technologies, patients don’t need to compromise

The latest launches of BRIO-I and BRIO-II follow promising topline data from the phase 2 VIVD clinical study evaluating Brimochol PF.

CSF-1 is a preservative-free solution designed as an alternative to reading glasses for patients.

Pipeline treatments for presbyopia, myopia, and demodex are expanding rapidly

Latest innovations within the presbyopic landscape are proving game-changers for better patient treatment.

Physicians share tales of creative workarounds to cope with this condition.

An increase in popularity of the use of handheld electronics is resulting in changes in the postural and behavioral patterns of device users, as well as significant differences between presbyopes and non-presbyopes and between genders.

Researchers report “very good results" in assessing the visual results and patients satisfaction in a series of patients following following implantation of the AcrySof PanOptix trifocal IOL (Alcon).

Veteran optometrist has seen them all and is waiting for the next innovation