Eye Floaters

Paul said:

Is their any data or information on the effects of nutrition or
supplements on eye floaters?

I have one floater and the only thing I noticed is that it seems to get
bigger when my diet is higher in carbs. On a low carb diet it is very
thin and much less visible.

--
Dawid Michalczyk
http://www.art.eonworks.com - Art and Illustration

Some common drugs cause mega eye floaters. What are you taking?

Zee

Paul said:

Is their any data or information on the effects of nutrition or
supplements on eye floaters?

"Paul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Is their any data or information on the effects of nutrition or
supplements on eye floaters?

Less alcohol = less floaters.

Lipitor is the only prescription drug
Supplements-ginko, CoQ10, Vitamins E,C, B's
I have a few beers (3) most nights

Paul said:

Lipitor is the only prescription drug
Supplements-ginko, CoQ10, Vitamins E,C, B's
I have a few beers (3) most nights

Lipitor and all statins have potential to cause and worsen serious and
unresorbable floaters, retinal damage, disintingration of the acqueous
layer, ocular myasthenia, cataracts and macular degeneration. You are
experiencing a WARNING.

Get an appointment with a RETINAL specialist immediately.

I had this. My physicians did not recognize it as coming from my stain
use. I now have permanent vision damage and must be monitored for
increased retinal damage risk.

Do a word search here for any side effect or new symptom you are
experiencing:

http://www.freewebs.com/stoppe d_our_statins/StatinFAQ_031305
wTOCv4.pdf

This PDF contains 86 pages of citations, almost exclusively published
medical
journal articles (from PUBMED) on the adverse effects of statins.

Take the PMID number at the bottom of each citation, and search here
for the abstract:
http://www.pubmed.org

Zee

I've never of that one. Don't know how there can be an association of
vitreous floaters and carb diets.

frank (optometrist)

Quoted message said:

Lipitor and all statins have potential to cause and worsen serious and
unresorbable floaters, retinal damage, disintingration of the acqueous
layer, ocular myasthenia, cataracts and macular degeneration. You are
experiencing a WARNING.

Quoted message said:

Get an appointment with a RETINAL specialist immediately.

Quoted message said:

I had this. My physicians did not recognize it as coming from my stain
use. I now have permanent vision damage and must be monitored for
increased retinal damage risk.

Quoted message said:

Do a word search here for any side effect or new symptom you are
experiencing:

Quoted message said:

http://www.freewebs.com/stoppe d_our_statins/StatinFAQ_031305
wTOCv4.pdf

Quoted message said:

This PDF contains 86 pages of citations, almost exclusively published
medical
journal articles (from PUBMED) on the adverse effects of statins.

Quoted message said:

Take the PMID number at the bottom of each citation, and search here
for the abstract:
http://www.pubmed.org

Very interesting. I took simvastatin for six months for high blood
pressure, cholesterol, heart attack, etc.. I stopped because I
suspected cognitive effects. Forgetting, periods of confusion, only
remembering half the details and being convinced I'd remembered them
all. In fact sometimes my brain even invented the missing details it
had forgotten in a really misguided attempt not to worry me by
admitting to the forgetting :-)

Since the cognitive problems started slowly improving after stopping
the statin I'm disinclined to risk starting it again, despite the
urging of my doc. While I was taking it, and for a few months
afterwards, I did suffer a worrying increase in frequency and size of
floaters. But since I'd always had the odd floaters come and go I
didn't associate that with the statin. Later discovering diabetes, I
put them down to that. But on reading your comment I went back and
checked my medical diary. Yup. The floaters coincided with the
statin. Hm.

Although my health has been (not surprisingly) degenerating as I
transitted from my forties into my sixties, the most important source
of degeneration has actually been the various drugs I've been given to
help with the problems. It's not so much age-related degeneration as
age-related drugs I've been sufferering from. I have a horrible
suspicion I may not be unusual in this.

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