Scientists from the Belgorod State National Research University have developed a solution for contact lenses with therapeutic and prophylactic properties for glaucoma. This solution for saturating soft contact lenses has a built-in drug delivery system that is effective in the treatment of glaucoma complicated by myopia. According to TASS, the composition of the solution allows you to reduce intraocular pressure and regenerate eye tissue. Since these are not ordinary drops, but a solution that saturates the lenses, a prolonged effect is achieved and the effectiveness of treatment increases. The drug-saturated eye inserts have a number of advantages, increasing the contact time of the drug with the eye surface, reducing systemic side effects, ophthalmologist Natalya Krivoshapova noted. As part of the study, scientists figured out the issue of rapid washout of the drug due to low viscosity.

Therefore, in the manufacture of the solution, sodium hyaluronate is used. The lenses are placed in a container with a medicinal solution for a certain period, during which the active substances are bound to the lens surface. As a result, contact lenses are uniformly coated with a thin medicinal layer.