The Effect of Mydriatics and Miotics Using Soft Contact Lenses.

Shyn, Kyung Hwan; Choi, Kwang Woo; Son, Ki Tae; Lee, Chi Woo; Kim, Jae Myung

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1972;13(3):167-169.
Published online January 1, 2001.

The Effect of Mydriatics and Miotics Using Soft Contact Lenses.

Kyung Hwan Shyn, Kwang Woo Choi, Ki Tae Son, Chi Woo Lee, Jae Myung Kim

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Kyung Hee University, Korea.

Soft Contact Lens 착용에 의한 산동및 (散瞳) 축동제의 (縮瞳劑) 작용

Abstract

The therapeutic applications of Soft Contact Lenses including its optical use are most popular, devices in Ophthalmological field. The presoaked soft contact lenses (Bionite Lens) by 1% pilocarpine,10% phenylnephrine. 1% homatropine, and 1% atropine for 4 minutes are inserted into the albino rabbit and the size of pupil was measured using mm. caliper under the dim red light in the dark room. Hourly measurements were carried out and were stopped in each subject when the pupil size of both eyes had returned to normal. The pupil size of control group, which only the above drug were instilled into the conjunctival cuI de sac, was also measured as the same method. As conclusion using soft contact lens in the therapeutic purpose, it potentiate the effect of medication and prolong the time of drug effect compared with the control groups.