Nitroglycerin is currently being investigated as a treatment for glaucoma, and has shown to decrease intraocular pressure and relax the ciliary muscle. Research Experimental Nitroglycerin and Nitric Oxide Īnimal studies have found nitroglycerin, a vasodilator used to treat angina, relaxes the ciliary muscle and may hold hope for those suffering from spasm of accommodation. Multifocal intraocular lens implantation is a new possible treatment involving clear lens extraction and multifocal intraocular lens implantation but it may not be appropriate for patients who have had resistant spasm of accommodation for a long period of time. Vision therapy administered by a trained optometrist has shown a success rate of over 70%.
One side effect is blurred vision since these induce dilation. In difficult cases, "cycloplegic agents are highly favored to break spasm quickly and may be more economical compared to other conventional therapies" Ĭyclopentolate, Atropine, Tropicamide, and Homatropine are the typical cycloplegic eye drops used once daily to treat spasm of accommodation by relaxing the ciliary muscle. France, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom do have limited availability of BAK-free eye drops available in unidose, and they must be imported to the United States with a physician's letter to the FDA enclosed with the imported prescription.ĭue to the high potential of tear shield damage with long-term use and the associated dry eye condition caused by cycloplegic eye drops with BAK (preservative), many physicians do not recommend cycloplegic eye drops. This unfortunately makes treatment much more difficult as the side effect of dry eyes and corneal damage can occur.
In fact, none of the cycloplegic drops used to treat Spasm of Accommodation in the United States are available without BAK. In addition, benzalkonium chloride has a cellular toxicity on caliciform cells, entailing a reduction in the amount of mucin, an additional reason for disrupting the tear film. In these circumstances, the cornea is exposed and eye dryness occurs. This cannot be regenerated and can no longer protect the aqueous layer of the tear film, which evaporates easily. One side effect of cycloplegic drops is that they often have BAK as a preservative ingredient, which, with daily use, can erode the tear shield:Īt each administration of an eye drop containing benzalkonium chloride, its detergent effect disrupts the lipid layer of the tear film. However, some patients do find relief through the use of daily eye dilation with cycloplegic drops. Spasm of accommodation is frequently resistant to treatment. Treatments Cycloplegic Eye Drops (Dilation) 2.1 Experimental Nitroglycerin and Nitric Oxide.
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Difficulty clearing plus on facility testing.Reduced Negative relative accommodation.Patients who have accommodative spasm may benefit from being given glasses or contacts that account for the problem or by using vision therapy techniques to regain control of the accommodative system.
This dilation may pose a problem since a larger pupil is less efficient at focusing light (see pupil, aperture, and optical aberration for more.)
Also, excessive pupil dilation may occur as an unwanted side effect. This may cause pseudomyopia or latent hyperopia.Īlthough antimuscarinic drops (homoatropine 5%) can be applied topically to relax the muscle, this leaves the individual without any accommodation and, depending on refractive error, unable to see well at near distances. This causes vision to blur when attempting to view objects from a distance. However, in a state of perpetual contraction, the ciliary muscle cannot relax when viewing distant objects. Normal accommodation allows the eye to "accommodate" for near-vision. A spasm of accommodation (also known as a ciliary spasm, an accommodation, or accommodative spasm) is a condition in which the ciliary muscle of the eye remains in a constant state of contraction.
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