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Eye drops for cataracts work
for dogs, but are unpredictable in humans.
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Can Eye Drops Cure Cataracts?
Veterinarians have prescribed eye drops
to reduce progressing cataracts in dogs. These drops use N-acetylcarnosine
to limit the clouding of the natural lens inside the eye by
stabilizing the protein that can contribute to cataracts.
The idea of eye drops that cure cataracts in humans is very
appealing.
N-acetylcarnosine, a dipeptide found in
muscle and nerve cells, can help maintain protein integrity
in the lens and is being studied in eye drop form for
treatment of cataracts. It seems to work well in dogs, but
according to Robert Abel Jr., M.D., a Delaware-based
ophthalmologist and author of The Eye Care Revolution,
the results of human studies have been variable and
unpredictable. New formulations may prove more reliable and
effective sometime in the future, but for now only dogs find
the effects of N-acetylcarnosine beneficial.
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