Eye drops can prevent myopia in children

Researchers have found that using an eye drops with low levels of daily medications for children while they are growing can prevent the progression of nearsightedness.

Eye drops with low pharmaceutical concentration can prevent myopia

In a five-year trial, 400 children between the ages of 6 and 12 were given daily eye drops with atropine.

Atropine is a medicine that has been used by ophthalmologists for many years, and has been tested by drugs to keep the pupils enlarged and to treat "lazy eyes" - one eye does not develop properly.

Low eye drops may cause slowing of myopia in children.

The researchers discovered that drops of the drug contained the lowest atropine concentration , only 0.01%, reducing the slowing of myopia to 50% compared with those without the eye drops.

Low-dose atropine is more effective and also causes fewer side effects, including sensitivity to light, than the same drug with higher concentrations.

Dr Donald Tan from the Singapore Eye Research Institute said: "For a long time, we know, atropine can prevent nearsightedness from getting worse. We have evidence now, this drug. Not only does it work well but it is safe, this eye-drops treatment can become our great ally in the fight to prevent nearsightedness from seriously impairing children's vision throughout. world".

Experts are increasingly convinced that the rapidly increasing rate of myopia in both children and adults worldwide is related to the lack of exposure to sunlight.