Dr. Hagan

I believe I finally found the injection that would disolve the vitreous gel, ending PVD and floaters and any other issue caused by this stuff.  Can you confirm this is what you've been reffering to?

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Eye-Care/Maybe-PVD-are-not-that-bad-after-all/show/702417

http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_14068.htm

This sounds like something of a miracle drug for diabetics, that could really help others too.  I would like to volunteer to be one of your first patients to use this if it proves safe and effective!

Do you anticipate that should this work as people hope, it could be a regular treatment for just about everyone like having wisdom teeth removed?  It seems to me, from what I've read in the last couple of weeks, vitreous gel is the cuplprit for way too many visual problems that plague so many people.

I know I'm excited about this one.  :)

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Yes that is the drug of which I spoke. No I have no idea what stage the testing is. When available I suspect it will not be used for the common annoying floater due to the costs plus almost everyone over 50 has floaters. There will be specific indications.

JCH MD

[Avenger1212]

I turn 30 this July.  I would gladly pay the costs to not live the rest of my life with floaters.  The worst one I have sits at the bottom of my eye and flies up into the center of my vision every other time I look up.  It's round and about the size of a BB or a pea to my eye (thankfully semitransparent), and has a wide skirt of cloudyness with little floaters stuck in it.  When it fully enters my vision it'll cast a cloud over about 1/5 of my sight.  It likes to twirl around like a marching band flag.  I used to think it was a mouse running accross the floor.  Even just having this eye taken care of would be a huge improvement.  I hope this is something that might be a solution for that.

Thanks for always answering my questions and for providing hope.  And, like I said before, I'll be first in line for this if it becomes something approved for floaters.  I live in Springfield, so I can be in your KC clinic in about 2 1/2 hours assuming that's where you're still located.

[Avenger1212]

If you're interested, here's the status of the development of the product.  Apparently it's in phase 3.

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00664183?term=NCT00664183&rank=1

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Okay thanks for the information.
JCH MD

[hemiboso]

Yesterday, precipitously, my left eye developed two floaters: One is perceived in my field of vision to be about the size of a small black fly darting around, and the 2nd, much larger, appears to be a clump of debris. What I'd like to know is whether such sudden onset is typical (literally not there one minute, then there the next)?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Yes the sudden onset is very typical. Perhaps 6 months ago while at a medical meeting in St. Louis I was reading a medical paper and a huge Weiss Ring floater driften across my right eye.

JCH MD

[Anoopms]

Doc,I had floaters that i can see in both dim and bright light.i can see them in any lighting conditions.Now its almost one year after the initial formation of floaters.but i am somewhat tuned to the floaters now and following the advice of my eye doc of learning to live with it.My floaters r like thread with black spots in it,small debris like form.is thread like floater a wiess ring.how can we identify weiss ring floaters from normal floaters.i dont know whether  i have weiss ring floaters.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Go to Google IMAGES type in Weiss Ring floaters and see what they look like. They are bigger than other floaters, do not have to be round or ring shape

JCH MD