Vuity Eye Drops Replacing Reading Glasses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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

Can you post the gist of it, most of us don't have a subscription.

[Anonymous]

This is pilocarpine, which is an old glaucoma eye drop that constricts the pupils. It's known to cause retinal issues, particularly in those at risk (high myopia, for instance), though I am not sure how the strength/dosage compares. I won't be taking this. You also wouldn't be able to see as well in the dark.

[Anonymous]

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 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.

I just had to go to this method too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

Can you post the gist of it, most of us don't have a subscription.

Most of DCUM doesn’t read NYT??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is pilocarpine, which is an old glaucoma eye drop that constricts the pupils. It's known to cause retinal issues, particularly in those at risk (high myopia, for instance), though I am not sure how the strength/dosage compares. I won't be taking this. You also wouldn't be able to see as well in the dark.

I hadn’t realized it was the same drug. I used this after eye surgery, and was amazed that suddenly I could read my phone easily. Initially I was so excited because I thought the surgery had helped my presbyopia. But of course the effects are short-lived. But if it’s the same dose it really does work. My eye was red from the surgery so I don’t know about if it would cause red eyes with daily use like the woman in the New York Times article.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Thank you for posting about this. I've never heard of it but it sounds like what I need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Thank you for posting about this. I've never heard of it but it sounds like what I need.

I'm the PP who does modified-mono vision.

I think the moral of the story when you get in the 50-ish age range is: just do whatever you can to get by! Some people like bifocals. Some like progressives. Some like contacts with occasional use of reading glasses. Some need contacts that are tweaked to get a little more functional reading without pulling out the reading glasses all the time. It's all personal preference and we all just try to keep our preferred level of function while accepting the least amount of inconvenience. The joys of aging!