Categories: Dry Eye Syndrome, Dry Eyes
RESTASIS FOR DRY EYES Your eye doctor may prescribe Restasis eye drops for dry eye syndrome. Restasis is a drug call cyclosporin that has been used since 1980 to help prevent patients with organ transplants from rejecting the new tissues. In 2002 a topical eye drop formulation of cyclosporin was approved named Restasis. Restasis has virtually [...]
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Optic Nerve In Eye Did you ever wonder what the nerve inside your eye looks like? You can see a small circular yellow image in the middle of the streak of light in this picture to the left. That is where the optic nerve is entering the eye. Before it enters the eye it is [...]
Categories: Eye Diseases, Uncategorized
Ocular Melanosis-Dark Spots on The White of The Eyes Dark spots that appear over the white areas of the eyes can be usually benign growths of the pigment producing cells known as melanocytes. There are three different type of benign growths: Freckles (congenital epithelial melanosis)- these are small area of brown pigment close to [...]
Categories: Eye Diseases, Macular Degeneration, Uncategorized
Macular Degeneration Treatment Current treatment of macular degeneration involves the use of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drugs (VEGF). Vascular endothelial growth factors are proteins that support the normal development of blood vessels before birth. They also stimulate blood vessel growth after injuries and compromised circulation problems. The growth of unwanted blood vessels in the retina [...]
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Is Prozac Getting Your Eyes Down? Blindness is consistently one of the top rated fears. People with acquired blindness develop depression at a significantly higher incidence than the average population. A study by eye doctors in Canada reported( 2010) that some of the popular antidepressant prescription drugs increase the incidence of cataracts and vision issues. Another great [...]
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 [...]