Pop I, Ban C, Hanciu D, Petroi C
Spitalul Clinic de Oftalmologie, Oradea.
Oftalmologia. 2000;52(3):44-8.
Our research studies transitory myopia induced by Pilocarpine treatment in glaucoma patients.
48 patients with open angle glaucoma were selected, visual acuity and refraction were measured before and after the instillation of Pilocarpine 2%, for two hours. Induced myopia was compared for different ages and it was established the influence of Timolol and Acetazolamide administered in the same time.
Transitory myopia is important in young patients, reduced after 50 years and absent after 70 years. Acetazolamide increases myopia, Timolol has no effect on refraction.
The study confirms the unpleasant effect of Pilocarpine and suggests not performing refractometry in the first two hours after the instillation of the drug.
