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Hopkins Health
Use Vitamins to Slow Vision Loss
People at high-risk for age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, the leading cause of blindness among older adults in developed countries, may want to take vitamins as part of their daily routine. A dietary supplement of vitamins C, E and beta carotene along with zinc, according to a recent Hopkins study published in Archives of Ophthalmology, lowered the risk of advanced disease by about 25 percent. The daily supplements also reduced the risk of vision loss by about 19 percent.
“Until now, there has been no proven treatment to slow the progression of disease and possible vision loss in people with the non-neovascular form of AMD,” says ophthalmologist Susan Bressler. “The benefit of dietary supplements seen in our study was modest. But given that they were relatively nontoxic and the fact that there are no other proven options for early intervention, these findings provide an exciting preventive measure we can offer our patients.”
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