Is there an alternative to patching to treat amblyopia?
Sometimes the stronger eye can be “penalized” or the vision blurred to below the level of the poorer-seeing eye. This can be done by using an eye drop (atropine) in the better-seeing eye and possibly changing the glasses prescription. Ophthalmologists sometimes use this treatment for mild and moderate degrees of amblyopia. Penalizing eye drops work less well when the better-seeing eye is nearsighted.
