Categories: Eye Allergies, Eye Diseases
Eye Allergy Season Starts Soon Eye allergies typically peak in the spring and the fall and spring is just around the corner. Spring allergies are triggered by pollen from trees, bushes, grasses, and weeds. Fall allergies are usually caused by ragweed. The spring eye allergy season lasts longer and is more severe in climates with longer growing [...]
Categories: Macular Degeneration
New Drug For Macular Degeneration Setting Sales Records The new drug treatment for macular degeneration Eyelea is racing past all projections for its sales since its release in Nov 2011. The first six weeks were announced to have around $25,000,000.00 worth of the drug sold for injection into the eye. That is about 500 people [...]
Categories: Eye Diseases, Uncategorized
To Use or Not To Use (Opened Eye Medications) Can you keep using those old eye drops and when should you throw them away? It is not the easiest question to answer but there are some guidelines. Eye drops come in single use containers (small plastic vials with twist off caps) and in multiple dose [...]
Categories: Eye Diseases, Macular Degeneration
Macular Degeneration Treated With Stem Cells Several years ago I received a phone call from a reporter wanting to know more about stem cell treatments for an eye condition where the optic nerve is not fully developed. A young girl from the Fort Collins area was en-route to China for treatment. At the time I [...]
Categories: Cataracts, Fort Collins Optometrist
Does Viibryd Cause Cataracts? Can you believe everything you see on TV? Well no-but stay tuned. Some types of age related cataracts do display a higher concentration of serotonin as part of their molecular composition. The connection to prescription drugs that alter serotonin is a little more complex that it appears to be at first [...]
Categories: Contact Lens Problems, Eye Allergies, Uncategorized
Acuvue K The Contact Lenses For Itchy Eyes Contact lenses are about to enter a new realm as drug delivery devices. While a number of applications are expected, Acuvue may be the first off the block with an antihistamine releasing lens. In 2007 Vistakon, the manufacturer of the Acuvue lens family, sponsored a clinical study of [...]