The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 268 No 7189 p349-354
16 March 2002

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Atropine equals patch for lazy eye

Atropine eye-drops as treatment for amblyopia (lazy eye) are as effective as using an eye patch, report researchers. They assigned 419 children to receive either an eye patch or atropine. After six months, visual acuity in the amblyopic eye improved in both groups. Improvement occurred more quickly in children whose eye was patched but adherence to treatment was better among children treated with atropine eye-drops (Archives of Ophthalmology 2002;120:268).