The Stats don’t lie: after age 65, most people will struggle to focus visually on close-up objects. But a new treatment could become available: eye drops. For those with farsightedness, or hyperopia, the effects of presbyopia often present earlier than in the rest of the population. But recently, researchers have been working on eye drops that, in different ways depending on the active ingredient used, improve near focus. (The FDA-approved pilocarpine eye drops are concentrated at 1.25 percent.)