glaucoma prevention -- natural compounds


	glaucoma prevention -- natural compounds

martinkarel

9-12-2009 5:44 AM

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glaucoma, cannabis, chocolate

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cannabis, chocolate, . . . everybody wins!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cb8bc955-bc09-40c8-a5e4-6e26580849ce/771D4510-1C0D-46C1-8DA0-562E28489D92/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glaucoma&oldid=312784183" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glaucoma&oldid=312784183" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glaucoma&oldid=312784183"><P>Natural compounds of research interest in glaucoma prevention or treatment include: <A title="Fish oil" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_oil">fish oil</A> and omega 3 fatty acids, <A class="mw-redirect" title="Bilberries" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilberries">bilberries</A>, <A title="Vitamin E" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_E">vitamin E</A>, <A class="mw-redirect" title="Cannabinoids" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinoids">cannabinoids</A>, <A title="Carnitine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnitine">carnitine</A>, <A title="Coenzyme Q10" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenzyme_Q10">coenzyme Q10</A>, <A title="Turmeric" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric">curcurmin</A>, <A title="Salvia miltiorrhiza" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_miltiorrhiza">Salvia miltiorrhiza</A>, dark <A title="Chocolate" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate">chocolate</A>, <A title="Erythropoietin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythropoietin">erythropoietin</A>, <A title="Folic acid" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folic_acid">folic acid</A>, <A title="Ginkgo biloba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba">Ginkgo biloba</A>, <A title="Ginseng" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginseng">Ginseng</A>, <A title="Glutathione" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione">L-glutathione</A>, <A title="Grape" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape">grape seed</A> extract, <A title="Green tea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_tea">green tea</A>, <A title="Magnesium" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium">magnesium</A>, <A title="Melatonin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin">melatonin</A>, <A title="Methylcobalamin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylcobalamin">methylcobalamin</A>, <A class="mw-redirect" title="N-acetyl cysteine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-acetyl_cysteine">N-acetyl-L cysteine</A>, <A class="mw-redirect" title="Pinus pinaster" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_pinaster">pycnogenols</A>, <A title="Resveratrol" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol">resveratrol</A>, <A title="Quercetin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercetin">quercetin</A> and <A title="Sodium chloride" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_chloride">salt</A>. <SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ritch2007_31-1"><A href="#cite_note-Ritch2007-31"><SPAN>[</SPAN>32<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tsai_32-1"><A href="#cite_note-Tsai-32"><SPAN>[</SPAN>33<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mozaffarieh_33-1"><A href="#cite_note-Mozaffarieh-33"><SPAN>[</SPAN>34<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP> Magnesium, <A title="Ginkgo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo">ginkgo</A>, salt and <A title="Fludrocortisone" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fludrocortisone">fludrocortisone</A>, are already used by some physicians.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glaucoma&oldid=312784183"><H5><SPAN class="editsection">[<A title="Edit section: Natural compounds" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glaucoma&action=edit&section=9">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Natural compounds</SPAN></H5></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glaucoma&oldid=312784183"><P>In 2003 the <A title="American Academy of Ophthalmology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Academy_of_Ophthalmology"><YOONO-HIGHLIGHT class="yoono-link-hover" keywords="American Academy">American Academy</YOONO-HIGHLIGHT> of Ophthalmology</A> released a position statement which said that "studies demonstrated that some derivatives of marijuana did result in lowering of IOP when administered orally, intravenously, or by smoking, but not when topically applied to the eye. The duration of the pressure-lowering effect is reported to be in the range of 3 to 4 hours".<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-AOA_34-1"><A href="#cite_note-AOA-34"><SPAN>[</SPAN>35<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-35"><A href="#cite_note-35"><SPAN>[</SPAN>36<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/771D4510-1C0D-46C1-8DA0-562E28489D92/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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