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You might want to look into UNR844-Cl. Research was dropped by Novartis, but it's available as a research chemical.

https://modernod.com/articles/2020-sept/coming-soon-presbyop...

(This is assuming your farsightedness is due to age-related presbyopia, hardening of the lens, and not true farsightedness from a change in eyeball shape)



I had high hopes for this, but according to an executive summary of the last clinical trial:

"However, the difference in the eye exam scores after 3 months of taking UNR844-Cl was not large enough to be considered better than placebo, and may have been due to chance."

Which is a shame, because it seemed like a great alternative to pilocarpine, which in turn kinda sucks because the only thing it does is create a temporary pinhole effect.




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