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What is your approach to atropine dosing for myopia in children and when do you consider higher concentrations?

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Ophthalmology · Jackson Eye Associates

I have little experience with this. From what I understand, it offers inconsistent results at best.

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Ophthalmology · Hutcheon Marcia L Office

The use of dilute atropine to slow the progression of myopia has been well studied with clinical trials. See LAMP (Yam et al., PMID 30514630). I start with 0.01 or 0.02% and follow the child every six months. Depending on the response, the dose can be increased up to 0.05%. Dilute atropine has to be...

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