Hello doctor, I am 63 years old. I was diagnosed with dry intermediate AMD about five years back. The VA then was 20/25 and now it is 20/60. I am currently on AREDS. I am a non-smoker. I have an excellent health otherwise. The Amsler is normal. The recent OCT showed no fluid. Do you have any thoughts on promising drugs like Fenretinide, statins or others under trial or research?
Hi. For dry AMD (age-related macular degeneration), the recommendations mostly include AREDS2 (Age-related Eye Disease studies 2) formulation. The other recommendations are quitting smoking (in case of smokers), controlling hypertension, lipid level, diabetes and regular checking with an Amsler chart to pick early conversion of dry AMD into wet AMD. There are more treatment options available for wet AMD as it is a vision-threatening condition. There are options of intravitreal injections and lasers (PDT- photodynamic therapy). I would advise you to stick with the current therapy of AREDS and keep testing with Amsler. Keep in touch with your eye doctor about any new modality introduced for dry AMD. He will inform you. Dry AMD. AREDS and keep testing with Amsler. Stop smoking, control BP, blood sugar and lipid level. For further queries consult an eye care ophthalmologist online.--->