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HELP ! Glaucoma, Blindness & Vitamin C

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says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  I’ve been diagnosed with exessive eye-pressure (30), commonly  referred to as Glaucoma, after first signs of loosing my sight  (large blind spot in my left eye).  [...]  I read in a book, that large daily doses of Vitamin C, 500mg per  kilo of body weight, over a period of a few months, does reduce  eye-pressure back to normal. Does anyone have further information  about this, possibly "clinical" trials or experiences. Rudy. Take your vitamin C for your glaucoma along _with_ whatever medication you’ve been prescribed by your doctor. You probably already supplement your diet with the amount of vitamin C you mentioned if you take 600mg per day and weigh around 75kg…and your intraocular pressure is still real high. Take a gram per day if you like…it won’t hurt. But, I certainly doubt that it will help either, which is why I strongly recommend you continue with those "nasty" medications you’re doctor gave you. The side-effects of glaucoma are a lot worse.  As you might have imagined, my doctor thinks it’s all rubbish and  he asked me (typical!!) to produce some substantiation regarding    this. There’s no point in getting political when it comes to your health. You don’t need to go blind to ’show them.’ Any physician would be thrilled to manage your glaucoma with something as easy as ‘taking your vitamins.’  Since your doctors seem to be ’scoffing’ at you, ask them if there is any HARM in taking vitamin C, and if not, take it.  also, what is a surefire way to increase bloodflow in the eye,  which is restricted by the exessive pressure, besides a healthy  lifestyle and exercises ? You need to learn more about glaucoma, Rudy. You don’t NEED to know that intraocular pressure (IOP) can be reduced by blocking beta adrenoreceptors in the ciliary epithelium causing a decrease in aqueous humor production…but it would help you to understand why a beta-blocker eye-drop has been prescribed. Incidentally, what kind of side-effects are you having that you’ve characterized your medication as "nasty?" Have you mentioned any concerns you have about these meds to your Doc or discussed the management of your glaucoma with him? You _are_ allowed to participate, you know ;’) After all, it’s you who has the IOP of 30mm Hg and who’s taking the meds. It would be much better if you *decided* to do it, rather than pretend that it’s all being done to you, by ‘Them.’ Know what I mean? JB.

I can only say AMEN—BUT!!!  I have been taking 10-15 grams of vitamin C daily since I was about 30 and I’m now 60.  Over the past 5 years my IOP has gradually gone from below 20 to over 30 just last week.  The response has been eye-drops, beta blockers et al.  When it went over 30 in my right eye I was started on my 3rd type (thats three different types daily).  If it isn’t down in three weeks, its on to lazer surgery.   Interestingly enough—there has been no eye damage—yet.  If there are any side effects of their use use, I haven’t found it.   so, I just thought I’d throw this in. Roy Starrin, Va. Beach Va.  Lifes a beach!!!!!

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I’ve been diagnosed with exessive eye-pressure (30), commonly referred to as Glaucoma, after first signs of loosing my sight (large blind spot in my left eye). To get the pressure down, my doctor prescribed Beta Blockers, which can have very nasty side effects. I read in a book, that large daily doses of Vitamin C, 500mg per kilo of body weight, over a period of a few months, does reduce eye-pressure back to normal. Does anyone have further information about this, possibly "clinical" trials or experiences. As you might have imagined, my doctor thinks it’s all rubbish and he asked me (typical!!) to produce some substantiation regarding this. also, what is a surefire way to increase bloodflow in the eye, which is restricted by the exessive pressure, besides a healthy lifestyle and exercises ? thank’s -Rudy     aussie.com.au : http://www.aussie.com.au/  the aussie index : http://www.aussie.com.au/index/      PO Box 883, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia     Phone +61(0)9 336-4078    GSM 0411 400-715

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    Rudy:    :I read in a book, that large daily doses of Vitamin C, 500mg per    :kilo of body weight, over a period of a few months, does reduce    :eye-pressure back to normal. Does anyone have further information    :about this, possibly "clinical" trials or experiences. John Badanes: Rudy. Take your vitamin C for your glaucoma along _with_ whatever medication you’ve been prescribed by your doctor. You probably already supplement your diet with the amount of vitamin C you mentioned if you take 600mg per day and weigh around 75kg…and your intraocular pressure is still real high. Take a gram per day if you like…it won’t hurt. But, I certainly doubt that it will help either, which is why I strongly recommend you continue with those "nasty" medications you’re doctor gave you. The side-effects of glaucoma are a lot worse.

You know, I just re-read your prescription of "Vitamin C, 500mg per kilo of body weight, over a period of a few months" and realized (to my horror) that you MIGHT have meant taking 35 GRAMS per DAY (for a 70kg person), _FOR_ three months, rather than (how I originally interpreted it to be), taking 500mg per kg OVER a three month period (which is what you said). Things are so ‘Alt’ in Alt-World that I forgot that "large daily doses" could mean anything…including taking this over-dose regimen of "Vitamin C." I DON’T recommend this, Rudy, unless you are interested in all kinds of disorders related to three months of massive diarrhea…on TOP of your glaucoma. Vitamin C absorption is an active process and large doses saturate this system. This puts a limit on what CAN be absorbed, leaving the rest in your gut to give you ‘the runs.’ It’s no cholera, of course, but why subject yourself to this? And you think that beta-blocker eye-drops for your glaucoma is "nasty," Rudy?  Geeesh. Remember, too, that b-blockers actually DO lower IOP… which after all, should be your first concern. JB.

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  I’ve been diagnosed with exessive eye-pressure (30), commonly   referred to as Glaucoma, after first signs of loosing my sight   (large blind spot in my left eye).   [...]   I read in a book, that large daily doses of Vitamin C, 500mg per   kilo of body weight, over a period of a few months, does reduce   eye-pressure back to normal. Does anyone have further information   about this, possibly "clinical" trials or experiences. Rudy. Take your vitamin C for your glaucoma along _with_ whatever medication you’ve been prescribed by your doctor. You probably already supplement your diet with the amount of vitamin C you mentioned if you take 600mg per day and weigh around 75kg…and your intraocular pressure is still real high. Take a gram per day if you like…it won’t hurt. But, I certainly doubt that it will help either, which is why I strongly recommend you continue with those "nasty" medications you’re doctor gave you. The side-effects of glaucoma are a lot worse.   As you might have imagined, my doctor thinks it’s all rubbish and   he asked me (typical!!) to produce some substantiation regarding     this. There’s no point in getting political when it comes to your health. You don’t need to go blind to ’show them.’ Any physician would be thrilled to manage your glaucoma with something as easy as ‘taking your vitamins.’  Since your doctors seem to be ’scoffing’ at you, ask them if there is any HARM in taking vitamin C, and if not, take it.   also, what is a surefire way to increase bloodflow in the eye,   which is restricted by the exessive pressure, besides a healthy   lifestyle and exercises ? You need to learn more about glaucoma, Rudy. You don’t NEED to know that intraocular pressure (IOP) can be reduced by blocking beta adrenoreceptors in the ciliary epithelium causing a decrease in aqueous humor production…but it would help you to understand why a beta-blocker eye-drop has been prescribed. Incidentally, what kind of side-effects are you having that you’ve characterized your medication as "nasty?" Have you mentioned any concerns you have about these meds to your Doc or discussed the management of your glaucoma with him? You _are_ allowed to participate, you know ;’) After all, it’s you who has the IOP of 30mm Hg and who’s taking the meds. It would be much better if you *decided* to do it, rather than pretend that it’s all being done to you, by ‘Them.’ Know what I mean? JB.

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