International Review of Ophthalmology

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Drug therapy for strabismus

WANG Jia-nan, AI Li-kun   

  1. Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
  • Received:2017-05-15 Online:2017-08-22 Published:2017-09-01
  • Contact: AI Li-kun, Email: likun_ai2406@yahoo.com E-mail:likun_ai2406@yahoo.com
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China（61271151）

Abstract:

Drug therapy is one of the main techniques of strabismus treatment. Drugs improve eye alignment primarily through changing the strength of extraocular muscles. Currently, drug in research for the treatment of strabismus, includes botulinum toxin, bupivacaine, ricin-mAb35, insulin-like growth factors and so on. Mechanisms of these drugs, side effects and clinical applications are different. This article mainly focuses on the mechanisms, side effects and clinical practice of different drugs used for strabismus, in order to find out future research directions.