Did
you know that medications
used to treat high cholesterol and triglycerides in your blood can help
diabetic retinopathy?
In two clinical studies, the Fenofibrate
Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study and the Action to
Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study, the medications
Fenofibrate (TriCor, Lipofen, Triglide, Trilipix) and Statins (Lipitor,
Crestor, Mevacor, Pravachol, Zocor) have been found, to reduce the signs of blood vessel disease in the retina
from diabetic retinopathy but also to actually reduce the need for certain
treatments for diabetic retinopathy. We are hoping that additional research
becomes available that helps us help patients with diabetes avoid the sight
threatening complications of this terribly common disease.
If
you or someone you know has diabetes please be sure to have regular eye exams
in order to avoid the potentially blinding vision loss from this disease.
Schedule an eye exam at D’Ambrosio Eye Care at 800-325-3937, visit D’Ambrosio Eye Care, Google or
facebook.com/dambrosioeyecare so that we can help.
D'Ambrosio Eye Care provides eye care for patients throughout
greater Boston, central and western Massachusetts with office locations at 479
Old Union Turnpike, Lancaster, Massachusetts 01523, 865 Merriam Avenue, Suite 119,
Leominster, Massachusetts 01453, 100 Powder Mill Road, Acton, Massachusetts
01720, 413 Main Street, Athol, Massachusetts 01331, 74 Main Street, Gardner,
Massachusetts 01440 and 255 Park Avenue, Suite 606, Worcester, Massachusetts
01609.
