What treatments are available for macular degeneration?

What treatments are available for macular degeneration?

Robert K. Maloney (Ophthalmologist) gives expert video advice on: Who is likely to suffer macular degeneration?; What treatments are available for macular degeneration? and more...

If you have the dry form of macular degeneration, there's certain vitamin supplements that will help reduce the progression of the disease. These supplements include zinc, copper, and beta-carotene. They need to be, or they should be prescribed by an eye doctor because the proper mix of supplements is changing as we learn more. If you have the wet form of macular degeneration, there's a variety of treatments that are now available. These include photodynamic therapy, which involves using a laser in combination with medicines injected in your veins, and certain drugs that interfere with the growth of blood vessels that are injected directly into your eye or around your eye. These drugs have revolutionized the treatment of wet macular degeneration and, in fact, can reverse the visual loss in many patients.