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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Glaucoma / March 2004

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robin - 16 Mar 2004 21:10 GMT
I am a student doing research on glaucoma, and a new drug delivery system.
It is basically a contact lens that delivers the needed drug to the eye.

If you are a glaucoma sufferer, would you use this?  Do you currently wear
contacts and have glaucoma?  What are your general reactions to this?
M.C. - 16 Mar 2004 22:09 GMT
> I am a student doing research on glaucoma, and a new drug delivery system.
> It is basically a contact lens that delivers the needed drug to the eye.
>
> If you are a glaucoma sufferer, would you use this?  Do you currently wear
> contacts and have glaucoma?  What are your general reactions to this?

If I wore contacts I would certainly consider it -- it sounds like an
interesting approach.

However, since I don't wear contacts I wouldn't switch *to* contacts
from glasses unless there was some huge advantage over eyedrops.

And if I didn't need glasses at all, I doubt if I would opt for
non-correcting contacts whose sole function was to deliver medication.
Laura - 17 Mar 2004 01:10 GMT
If this resulted in a more effective delivery of the drugs that would
control my IOP better, I might consider it, provided it didn't
negatively affect my vision.  I've worn contacts before.  They're a
royal pain, but so is my IOP problem.

>I am a student doing research on glaucoma, and a new drug delivery system.
>It is basically a contact lens that delivers the needed drug to the eye.
>
>If you are a glaucoma sufferer, would you use this?  Do you currently wear
>contacts and have glaucoma?  What are your general reactions to this?
Sherry - 17 Mar 2004 01:42 GMT
> I am a student doing research on glaucoma, and a new drug delivery
> system. It is basically a contact lens that delivers the needed drug
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> currently wear contacts and have glaucoma?  What are your general
> reactions to this?

First of all, I don't *suffer* from glaucoma.  I live with glaucoma.  
To say one "suffers" from a disease or condition is such a victim
mentality!

I hated contacts when I tried to wear them.  I saw great but couldn't
handle those things floating around in my eyes.

Contacts are a moot point for me now anyway since I've had bilateral
trabeculectomeis and can't wear them because of the blebs.

Sherry
Ed Patterson - 17 Mar 2004 01:59 GMT
I do not use contact lenses. If you could show longer persistence or
more reliability of medication when applied under a contact lens then
you have a sales advantage. I am an engineer and always interested new
methods if they are truly an improvement.

Ed Patterson

>I am a student doing research on glaucoma, and a new drug delivery system.
>It is basically a contact lens that delivers the needed drug to the eye.
>
>If you are a glaucoma sufferer, would you use this?  Do you currently wear
>contacts and have glaucoma?  What are your general reactions to this?
\( TN Artist, trish,tn \) - 17 Mar 2004 07:38 GMT
So Robin, If you take 2 Meds --would you need to change twice --?
Unless my DR. was Really enthused about them --I think NOT I wan't happy
with them when I did wear them .
 
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