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Pharmacological treatment of presbyopia-spectacle free senescence Therefore, it is of interest to estimate improvement of near vision with 0.5%pilocarpine drops in presbyopic patients. It was a cross-sectional observational study done at tertiary care centre history, comprehensive eye examination, including distant visual acuity distant and near vision, IOP. 1 drop of 0.5%Pilocarpine eye-drops was instilled in both eyes in Patients with full distant vision and impaired near vision, near vision was checked after 2hours. Among 55 participants, 48% were males and 52% were females. Mean age of patients was 44.8 years. Out of 55 patients 58% patients showed improvement of 1 line after instilling drops, 41% patients showed no improvement. Topical 0.5%pilocarpine in treatment of near vision is attractive option for patients and would increase compliance with minimal side effects.
Petkar et al. (Fri,) studied this question.