On 26/04/2023 16:21, Bob Henson wrote:
> If either worked, they would be in regular use in ophthalmology. They
> aren't, so they don't.

There's another possibility - there's no profit in them, so nobody is
willing to spend the money on the trials.

It looks to me as if the early data is quite interesting, and I'd like
to see more. But nobody is doing the work. Right now - I don't know.

Andy

Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 26/04/2023 16:21, Bob Henson wrote:

>> If either worked, they would be in regular use in ophthalmology. They
>> aren't, so they don't.

> There's another possibility - there's no profit in them, so nobody is
> willing to spend the money on the trials.

> It looks to me as if the early data is quite interesting, and I'd like
> to see more. But nobody is doing the work. Right now - I don't know.

> Andy

Six months ago I had my eyes checked in the local eye unit, my vision at
the time being logMAR 0.12 (6/7.9 on the old scale). I’ve had to wear
glasses since getting measles when I was six.

Taking the view that it would be nice if this could be improved, and
essentially with nowhere else to turn, I started taking non-alcoholic eye
drops of homeopathic Cineraria Maritima, with no expectations. It did get
rid of ‘dry eye’, for which I was grateful.

A few weeks ago I was called for another checkup. This time my vision was
logMAR -0.1 (6/4.8 on the old scale).

In the 70+ years I’ve been wearing glasses, I have never before had an
improvement in vision. If this carries on, I’ll soon have fighter-pilot
eyesight.

If anyone is tempted to try this, *do* *not* use the alcoholic version.

Cineraria Maritima (non-alcoholic version) is available on Amazon and
doubtless other outlets. A pack of 5 x 10ml droppers is less than £19.

HTH

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