Cataract drops

[jd3450]

Are N-acetylcarnosine eyedrops safe to use to see if they do help reverse cataracts?

[allmymarbles]

I have been using Brite Eyes III. I think Can-C is very similar but have not checked it out. What Brite Eyes III is supposed to do clear the eye of accumulated debris. However, the structures of the eye, especially the lens, become more rigid and impervious with age, so I decided to use the MSM drops to make them more elastic and permeable. Some years ago I tried the carnosine drops for a short time and there was improvement. However last year, when I started the treatment in earnest, adding the MSM drops, the results were more dramatic.

I don't know anything about your situation, but there are specialists at Life Extension (Brite Eyes III) you can discuss this with. I had occasion to contact them recently with a specific question and one of these specialists called me back.

The makers of the carnosine drops talk mainly about cataracts. What they don't discuss are its effect on arcus senilis and the cornea in general. I have even noticed an improvement in the macular degeneration of my left eye. Whereas last year I could not read through the gray cloud on my central vision, after only two or three months I was able to. There are other changes in this condition which I forgot to ask the retina specialist about, distracted as I was by the exciting news that I no longer needed cataract surgery.

[jd3450]

I checked out he Can-C video and it states is using the vitreous gel to abosorb the drops and help heal the lens.  Since I had a vitrectomy I no longer have the gel so I guess this options is gone.

I cannot believe no one is doing research on non surgical cure for cataracts.  

[allmymarbles]

The patent was for an eye drop that included MSM in its formulation. I don't know enough about patent laws, but it was definitely a patent application I was looking at. However, since then I have looked for this particular eye drop and it does not appear to have ever made it to market. Maybe he had some detail to hang his patent on and I missed it.

[Paxiled]

Confused about patent here.  Both carnosine and msm are naturally occurring substances in the human body, so how can they be patented?  At least in the US, to get a patent you have to alter something.  You can trademark products, but patents?  

[allmymarbles]

I forgot to answer one of your questions. Although the carnosine drops have been available for some time, I found a patent application that added MSM to the drops. (The application also included case studies.) It seemed to me that using the MSM separately would be more efficacious, but that certainly could not be the basis of a patent, could it?

[allmymarbles]

I forgot to mention that I do not use the drops on weekends. There are two reasons for this. (1) I don't want to be bothered with ANY supplements on weekends and (2) There appears to be a slight build-up in the eyes by the end of the week and they seem a bit gritty. So on the weekends I rinse my eyes with saline once or twice and start out the new week with a clean slate.

[allmymarbles]

I make my own MSM drops. If you buy them by the bottle you will spend several dollars. If you make them yourself they cost pennies. Also the commercial drops may contain additives. I bought high quality MSM powder. I use 1/2 teaspoon per 2 ounces of distilled water. I use the MSM but don't bother counting the drops since the excess simply drips out and cost is not a factor.

I wait perhaps an hour before using the carnosine drops. I use both drops twice a day. The carnosine drops may sting a bit (or not) (having to do with ph). I close my eyes an cover them with my fingers for perhaps a minute to keep the drops from spilling out. I have never experienced any irritation of any sort from either drop.

I am under the care of a retinal specialist. In one year (November 2009 to November 2010) my left eye improved from 20/100 to 20/50 and my right eye from 20/70 to 20/40. I next see the specialist in May of this year. He knew of the treatment being used in Europe, but did not know it was available here. He is following my progress with great interest. By the way, he advises the use of saffron for macular degeneration, so he is not one of your blindly traditional doctors. Go to the Eye Forum where you asked your original question.

[jd3450]

Thanks,

As for MSM drops, are those seperate?  I saw a few posts on those and they mentioned you have to measure how much to take.  Did you find drops that contained everything?

How well did your vision improve?  Did you have a doctor say they cataracts were reduced?

I wish the eye MD's would be open to ideas like this and work with patients.  This is frustrating to suffer alone.

[allmymarbles]

I posted the response referred to above on the eye forum.

When I first mentioned on the eye forum (some months ago) that I was getting results from the drops and that I would report later when I had been taking them longer, Hagen said they didn't work. When I asked what he would say if I had documented proof, he said that anyone could phony-up such results. I don't remember his exact words, but his were just as blatant.

Please note that I had briefly experimented with the carnosine drops alone, but find that they work much better if you also use MSM drops. MSM serves to make the eye structures more elastic and permeable.

[allmymarbles]

Yes, at least in my case. See my more complete answer in a later post of yours.