One of the most important parts of the human body is the eye. It is always a concerning situation when a person gets something caught between their eyeball and their eyelid, especially when they can’t seem to get it out.
The same is true when a person’s eyelid twitches due to them being tired, stressed, or having too much caffeine. In a vast majority of those cases, the discomfort and irritation goes away fairly quickly.
Unfortunately, some people have to deal with those situations on a frequent basis. It is a rare, bilateral condition known as benign essential blepharospasm.
It is unknown what causes the condition, which results in muscles around the eyes and eyelids spasming uncontrollably.
Eye Drop Research
A team of researchers in Israel recently conducted a clinical trial using cannabis-infused eye drops to see if the delivery method could effectively treat benign essential blepharospasm.
Study participants were randomly separated into a treatment group and a control (placebo) group in equal numbers.
Placebo drops or cannabis-infused drops were administered to the two groups over the course of 12 weeks, with the dosage for the cannabis group being increased for some subjects to increase potential effectiveness.
“Medical cannabis can be an effective and safe treatment for BEB as a second line after BTX-A injections when used for three months,” the researchers said. “No significant ocular or systemic side effects were associated with the treatment.”
A Word of Caution
Before deciding to spray your eyeballs with some homemade concoction, it is extremely important to note that this study involved a developed product in a controlled setting.
The successful treatment was not the result of soaking cannabis flower in over-the-counter eye moisturizing liquid and applying it to the eye.
Also, the condition at the heart of this study is very rare. Patients should only put things in their eyes that are approved by a licensed medical professional.
