New Antidepressant Viibryd Hits Shelves And May Hit Eyes A new potentially lock buster drug for depression has started showing up in pharmacies recently. Viibryd (vilazodone hydrochloride) improves mood disorders by decreasing the transport of seratonin for reuptake, thus leaving more of the feel good chemical to act on nerve synapses. At the same time it [...]
Tag Archives: cornea
Fuch’s Corneal Dystrophy Eye Problems
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Fuch’s dystrophy is an eye condition effecting the clear corneal tissue covering the colored part of the eye. The cornea is an incredible tissue measuring only ½ mm thick with layers of collagen aligned precisely to allow for transparency. It is separated into five regions, the posterior most being the layer of endothelial cells. The [...]
Whoa There Is Blood In The Eye!
Categories: Emergency Fort Collins Optometrist Contact, glaucoma, Uncategorized, Wilderness Medicine Eyes
Blood In The Eye Sometimes you step of the beaten trail and get a little far away from home and medical care. Especially in states like Colorado, people spend a lot of time in remote locations outdoors. Hyphema, or blood in the anterior chamber of the eye, is one of those situations you hopefully won’t [...]
Eye Burns In The Wilderness
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Eye Emergencies In The Wilderness You are backpacking with friends 2 days away from the trail-head. Your roommate and part time half genius (that is half) just finished making smores, walked over to share, and tripped on his untied shoelaces. After the laughter is over he realizes there is hot chocolate and marshmallows on his [...]
Eye Drops To Prevent Cataracts
Categories: Cataracts, Eye Nutrition, Uncategorized
Eye Drops For Cataracts? An old eye drop maybe making a new comeback. Pirenoxine, also known as Catalin in Japan, was the subject of a recent study in China. [1] The study tested the ability of Pirenoxine (PRX) to inhibit cataract formation in test tubes. The test tubes contained crystallins, a protein found in the lens [...]
Contact Lenses And GPC Red Eye Red
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Contact Lenses And Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis Soft contact lenses have undergone a quantum increase in technology since the introduction of the first silicone hydrogel lens in 1999. Today we are on the third generation of these lens materials and undoubtedly we will see improvements over the next few years. Silicone is highly permeable to oxygen [...]