How does it work:
Vuity causes the iris sphincter muscle to contract, constricting the pupil by 40-50% thereby improving near and intermediate visual acuity while maintaining some pupillary response to light. While doing this, the pupil remains dynamic.
Additionally, vuity may cause the ciliary muscle to contract and may lead the eye to a more myopic state.
Vuity is not only a low dose concentration of Pilocarpine, but it also uses a unique technology that adjusts rapidly to physiologic pH to increase corneal penetration. When a vuity eyedrop is placed on the eye, it matches the pH of our eye so it increases corneal penetration and doesn’t burn. Regular pilocarpine is acidic, so it burns the eye and ionizes so it doesn't penetrate well, unlike vuity.
When a vuity eye drop is placed on the tear film, the pH of the tear film rapidly adjusts within 60 seconds (to about 6.5), allowing for increased corneal penetration.
How to use vuity:
- You have to put one drop of vuity onto your eye.
- If you wear contact lenses, you must remove contact lenses before instilling a vuity eye drop.
- You may achieve a three-line improvement in near acuity within 15 minutes of drop instillation, while distance vision is only affected by one line.
- Vuity eye drop lasts about 6 hours, improves intermediate and near vision, and can wear off by the end of the day. Distance vision is not affected as much as the day goes on.
