Agnes's blog

Simply going for a walk three or more times a week may be all you need to protect against glaucoma progression.

If you’ve just been diagnosed with glaucoma, you undoubtedly want to do everything you can to be as healthy as possible for as long as possible. As part of that, you may wonder whether changes in your overall lifestyle, including changes in the amount or type of exercise you get, may help control the disease.

One of the best doctors ever referred to me was Dr. Kirk H Packo, a retina specialist  from Illinois Retina Associates at Rush Unversity Hospital.  He has saved many eyes. I got his name from a friend of mine who was having a hole in the central part of her vision. She did not have macular degeneration or glaucoma but some other eye problems can't remember what exactly.  Now her eye is fine.  You can read about Dr.

2 years ago I made the bad decision to go see him.  Not only I waited for 3 hours for my appointment but as a new patient he did not even care for doing a full exam.  He just measured my pressure.  Also he has an attitude problem.  He also became very  sarcasticcally nasty when I mentioned alternative medicines. 

I have been in alternative medecines since a young age since my father owned les Laboratoires Holis in Canada where I grew up.  He had his own line of herbal products and also manufactured homeopathic products for other companies. 

So I know one thing or two about herbs and homeopathy.  And nutrition too.  I don't eat dairy, soy and meat or refined sugar  I do take selective herbs and vitamins for my eyes and my health in general (around 15 a day). I do exercise an hour and half a day.  So I do take care of myself. 

Mode of action of taurine as a neuroprotector.

1. DESCRIPTION: Vinpocetine is a semi-synthetic derivative of vincamine. Vincamine is an alkaloid derived from the plant Vinca minor L., a member of the periwinkle family. Vinpocetine, as well as vincamine, are used in Europe, Japan and Mexico as pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of cerebrovascular and cognitive disorders. In the United States, vinpocetine is marketed as a dietary supplement. It is sometimes called a nootropic, meaning cognition enhancer, from the Greek noos for mind.

NO to Glaucoma

By Sean Henahan, Access Excellence
 

St. Louis, MO (8.19.99)- A new neuroprotective approach aimed at blocking the synthesis of nitric oxide may offer the hope of new treatments for glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the world.

Inhibition of nitric-oxide synthase 2 by aminoguanidine provides neuroprotection of retinal ganglion cells in a rat model of chronic glaucoma

It is known now that the optical nerve on glaucoma patients is due to the different changes in the eyes between pressure and less or non pressure. So the drops we are taking are reducing the pressure but are not protecting the optical nerve although I read that Brimonidine drops do a better job in doing so.  I found  out that aminoguanidine has been scientifically proven to protect the optical nerve in animal.  Can't find any research on humans.

Has anyone undergone stem cell therapy for glaucoma.   They do practice stem cells at http://www.xcell-center.com/

I was told that they are ready to do it but noone has wanted to be the first.    I have read many scientific articles of the success of stem cells for glaucoma on animals but nothing on human yet. 

Do anyone knows where OCUFORS stands right now.  All the news I have read about this new eyedrop is

3 to 4 year old. 

Does anyone has tried the microcurrents of Dr. Kondrot for glaucoma.  He is coming to Chicago and the cost is

a tremendous $5000 including the unit and it's set up.  I have read that MC are efficient in macular degeneration but I haven't seen any scientific proof that it is helping glaucoma patient.