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Brittany Wright, OD, MS, FAAO, and Julie Rodman, OD, MS, FAAO, identify some of the challenges clinicians face when treating patients with limited English proficiency and suggest some new ways of working to improve the eye care experience.
Lens-Based Myopia Control: Know When to Treat and Expect Results
Dec 15, 2023 · Treatments were decided based on the results of this data analysis and patients were monitored every 3 to 6 months for progression, which was defined as 0.25 D or greater myopia spherical equivalent progression (as assessed with cycloplegic autorefraction) or greater than 0.10 mm axial elongation in 6 months. Children who showed progression while on one treatment, received a change in treatment.
Myopia in Adults - Optometry Advisor
Nov 1, 2024 · Axial Elongation in Adult Myopia . Regular eye exams are important for all adults, particularly those experiencing myopia progression. During these visits, it is important for clinicians to measure axial length, due to its association with pathologic myopia. 3 An optical biometer can best measure axial length changes, but not all practices have one. . Among optometry practices that do utilize ...
Myopia Control Spectacles for Myopia Management - Optometry …
Dec 6, 2024 · Eye care professionals have come to understand the importance of not only correcting myopia, but slowing its progression within the last few decades; and while the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved contact lens therapies for treating the disorder, the agency has yet to approve any myopia control spectacles. Today’s “myopia boom” affects patients worldwide, worsening ...
Optometry in 2024: What to Expect for the New Year
Dec 21, 2023 · Top Achievements of 2023. Some treatments for DED have made their way through the 2023 pipeline and into pharmacies. Meibo ® (Bausch + Lomb) and Xdemvy ® (Tarsus) received FDA approval this year and the drugs have shown promise for treating evaporative DED and Demodex blepharitis, respectively, company press releases from the 2 drug manufacturers claim. 4,5
Red Light Therapy Provides Myopia Control ... - Optometry Advisor
Nov 22, 2023 · As optometrists struggle with the demand created by an emerging myopia epidemic, repeated low-level red light therapy may provide an alternative to contact lens wear or atropine treatment for slowing axial progression and spherical equivalent refraction (SER). While the treatment has yet to receive US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, it has demonstrated efficacy in clinical trials ...
FDA Alerts: New Optometry Drugs and Devices
Feb 20, 2024 · Drug Regulatory Updates. PL9643: Dry Eye Disease. Palatin Technologies, Inc. has received confirmation from the FDA regarding the acceptability of the protocols and endpoints for signs and symptoms of PL9643 in its phase 3 pivotal clinical trials for dry eye disease (DED). 1 The remaining phase 3 clinical trials, MELODY-2 and MELODY-3, include endpoints related to both signs and symptoms of ...
Myopia Management Experts Agree More Research is Needed
Oct 16, 2024 · Areas of disagreement to moderate agreement included whether holding books or screens more than 30 mm away reduces myopia progression risk (median consensus, 3), whether combined pharmacological and optical interventions demonstrated better myopia management than monotherapies (median consensus, 3), when treatment discontinuation should begin, or whether axial length measurements should be ...
A Clinician's Guide to Peripheral Iridotomy - Optometry Advisor
Dec 2, 2022 · Several states have recently enacted legislation which expands optometry’s scope of practice — many of them involving laser procedures. Jeff M. Miller, OD, of the Northeastern State University Oklahoma School of Optometry details the process of performing the laser peripheral iridotomy procedure and discusses pre, peri, and postoperative considerations.
Diffusion Optics Technology Spectacles Show Superior Myopia …
Oct 19, 2023 · Lenses with diffusion optics technology are superior to single vision lenses for slowing pediatric myopia after 4 years of wear, according to a paper presented at the American Academy of Optometry meeting, October 11th to 14th, held in New Orleans. “It has been well-established that eye growth and refractive development is a visually-guided process and that manipulation of retinal image ...