Vuity Eye Drops Replacing Reading Glasses?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone tried these new eye drops? My eye doctor gave me a sample today. Advertised as “miracle drops” that remove the need for reading glasses (for 8-10 hrs) with only one drop in each eye. Only on the market since December. When I asked about side effects, doc said some people get headaches the first couple days of use. Anyone with Vuity experiences to share before I take the plunge?

[Anonymous]

I haven’t tried them, but I am excited about them- let us know what you think!

[Anonymous]

Haven't heard of these, but would love to try them!

Please report back.

[Anonymous]

I read this the other day about those drops:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/well/live/vuity-eyedrops-reading-glasses.amp.html

[Anonymous]

https://www.thefocus.news/lifestyle/vuity-eye-drops-price/

It's not clear if it's $86/month for both eyes or for one eye (therefore $172/mon for both eyes). They say 1 ml is 15 drops--- so a 2ml bottle would be 30 drops. But they also say a 2 ml bottle is $86. And it's $86 for a month. But that doesn't compute if you need one drop in each eye for 30 days (to equal one month).

Anyway -- assuming it is $86... It's tempting, but pretty pricey. I'm not sure I'd be willing to commit to that price. That's over $1000 per year. AND you still have to have readers b/c the drops only last 8-10 hours. I use my readers from 6:45 a.m. until about 9:30 p.m.

If it was more like $30-50/mon, I'd be a bit more interested.

[Anonymous]

Just went to the eye doctor today and he said he doesn’t recommend them at this time. Primarily due to cost.

[Anonymous]

Be careful. Be aware that there have been retinal problems from this drop in the past. The study for these drops had less than 400 participants. They won’t really know if this is an issue until it is more widely prescribed.

[Anonymous]

How to be a guinea pig? Take the free samples.

[Anonymous]

You can also get a prescription for one contact. I wear one contact for reading, and can see distance through the other eye.

[Anonymous]

I just think you all should know that they really should have named the drops Retinox 5 because in Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan Captain Kirk is getting older and needs reading glasses when he discovers that he is allergic to Retinox 5 which would have otherwise treated his reading eyesight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can also get a prescription for one contact. I wear one contact for reading, and can see distance through the other eye.

Reading glasses from the dollar store are even cheaper.

But I agree. I do the same thing with one contact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can also get a prescription for one contact. I wear one contact for reading, and can see distance through the other eye.

Yikes! I can't handle bifocals and can't imagine having to use only one eye at a time!

[Anonymous]

Did your doctor determine the prescription for the one contact for reading and the other for distance? I might be interested in doing this and am trying to figure out how to proceed.

[Anonymous]

I use what optometrists call "modified" monovision.

With real monovision, one eye sees far and one near.

My self-created modified monovision means I get one contact that gives me perfect vision for distance, and one eye where my contact is just .5 less than ideal distance vision. That eye gets me by for very casual, short duration near reading *looking at prices at the store, quickly looking at a calendar, quickly seeing who is texting me and replying, etc).

When I want to really read something like newspaper or computer, or phone for awhile, I use my Target reading glasses . I have them with me all day.

It's nit a perfect system, but the one eye with less than oerfect distance correction gives me just enough functional reading to get by without constantly being blurry. And the other eye dominates for distances.

The only downside is night driving. That's when having the one eye not perfect dies create some glare. But I'm not driving much in the dsrk, and I can get by.

[Anonymous]

Correcting typos:

Anonymous wrote:I use what optometrists call "modified" monovision.

With real monovision, one eye sees far and one near.

My self-created modified monovision means I get one contact that gives me perfect vision for distance, and one eye where my contact is just .5 less than ideal distance vision. That eye gets me by for very casual, short duration near reading (looking at prices at the store, quickly looking at a calendar, quickly seeing who is texting me and replying, etc).

When I want to really read something like newspaper or computer, or phone for awhile, I use my Target reading glasses . I have them with me all day.

It's not a perfect system, but the one eye with less than perfect distance correction gives me just enough functional reading to get by without constantly being blurry. And the other eye dominates for distances.

The only downside is night driving. That's when having the one eye not perfect does create some glare. But I'm not driving much in the dark, and I can get by.

Forgot to mention that I have both prescriptions for the eye that does the reading. I have one contact that is .5 less than perfect, as well as fully perfect distance prescription. (I use RGPs). I have gone back and forth, but I prefer to use the under-corrected lens. That is the modified mono vision.