The use of standard eyeglasses can correct some forms of strabismus. Spectacles with prisms -- eyeglass lenses that shift images from one eye to the other -- may also be useful in certain types of strabismus, particularly with adults.
It is important to note that some eye care professionals consider the use of prisms to treat strabismus to be controversial. However, prisms in glasses have rarely resulted in a worsening of alignment over time.
Eye exercises have been used to treat a form of strabismus known as convergence insufficiency, but otherwise do not appear to be helpful in treating other forms of the disease.
There are no medications available to treat most forms of strabismus.