Atropine eye drops vs. Stellest Lenses for Kids Vision

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was told by Kids Eye Care the drops would be $100 a month. (not covered by ins)
Where are you getting them for $400 a year?

OSRX is $39 / month. They're a mail pharmacy out of maybe Utah?

[Anonymous]

My daughter has terrible myopia. She has been using atropine for about 3 years. The first year her prescription did increase but no major jumps since then (fingers crossed). We started her on MiSight lenses recently through Treehouse Eyes (myopia management clinic) and are hoping that helps also. Kids really have to wear the lenses for 10-12 hours a day, which is challenging. Insurance covers none of this. Treehouse is approx $2k per year for the first 2 years (including the lenses and all appts) and $1200/yr after that. The atropine drops are about $35 per month.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s hard to guess. They pushed it on us and my child still has a mild prescription so it would have been a waste. If you have a strong prescription for the parents I’d try it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was told by Kids Eye Care the drops would be $100 a month. (not covered by ins)
Where are you getting them for $400 a year?

I used to get them from shady grove pharmacy. It was about $100 for a 3 month supply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter has terrible myopia. She has been using atropine for about 3 years. The first year her prescription did increase but no major jumps since then (fingers crossed). We started her on MiSight lenses recently through Treehouse Eyes (myopia management clinic) and are hoping that helps also. Kids really have to wear the lenses for 10-12 hours a day, which is challenging. Insurance covers none of this. Treehouse is approx $2k per year for the first 2 years (including the lenses and all appts) and $1200/yr after that. The atropine drops are about $35 per month.

We have not found the 10-12 hours hard. DS puts them in before school and takes them out before bed. He started wearing them in 6th grade. Ten hours is easy, twelve has been easy in MS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was told by Kids Eye Care the drops would be $100 a month. (not covered by ins)
Where are you getting them for $400 a year?

OSRX is $39 / month. They're a mail pharmacy out of maybe Utah?

I'm the earlier pp who cited about $400 a year, and yes, we get them from OSRX. It's in Montana. We pay $105 for a three-month supply for each kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:May I ask if mentioned eye drops or lenses (glasses wear?) are insurance covered under medical or under eye care or not covered? Our eye care plan is a joke. How much is annual expenses?

1200/year for thr lenses. 900 for the eyedrops for the first year.