This is a big news for all patients with presbyopia. The Food and Drug Administration has just authorized the marketing of a brand new treatment with drops called “Vizz” allowing, for almost 10 hours, to see without glasses or lenses.
Vizz, an innovative eye solution
If you can’t stand your face with glasses, good news: Vizz will be able to change your life. These are concrete drops, developed by the American company Lenz Therapeutics, which allow us to temporarily forget its vision problems – only 30 minutes after their application.
In detail, this acéclidine -based eye drops (1.44 %) corrects presbyopia for a day – about 10 hours, while preserving the vision far. Surprising treatment, to be used once a day, which represents a promising alternative for millions of wearers of glasses and/or lenses.
“”This FDA approval represents a change in disruptive paradigm in treatment options for millions of frustrated people and struggling with the inevitable loss of their age -related vision linked to age“, Confirms Marc Bloomenstein, Vizz clinical researcher, in a press release.
The final objective of Lenz Therapeutics? Allow individuals to forget that they have vision disorders. The brand also specifies that most of the side effects reported during the more than 30,000 days of cumulative treatment (as part of the Clarity 1, 2 and 3) studies.light “,” temporary ” and that he “Spontaneously disappeared.”
Sufficient arguments to run? Here is what Dr. Guy de Saint Sauveur says, ophthalmologist.
Dr Guy de Saint Sauveur, ophthalmologist: “Its effectiveness varies according to people“”
In terms of use, Vizz treatment seems rather simple to use. But its effectiveness remains variable.
“These drops act by reducing the diameter of the pupil: a bit as if we looked through a small hole, the focus becomes more clearly”, says Dr. Guy de Saint Sauveur. “Nevertheless, it must be understood that the effect is temporary: the near vision is improved for only a few hours, the laboratory indicates up to 10 hours. Its efficiency also varies according to the people, and these drops do not replace a correction adapted by glasses or lenses”, recognizes the specialist.
Furthermore, if the Vizz treatment provides some comfort of life to patients with presbyopia, its loss-risk balance should be taken into account.
“Watch out for side effects. The most frequent are mild (tinglingredness, headache), but the night vision can be less comfortable. Like any treatment, it requires medical advice to ensure that there is no contraindication, especially in the event of fragility retinal for some drops “, warns the ophthalmologist.
And if you are still interested, patience: these eye drops are available in the United States, but are not yet authorized in France.