Watergate of Eye Care: The Misrepresentations of Injections for Wet Macular Degeneration - a podcast by Dr. Kondrot Americas Favorite Eye Doctor

Are injections for wet macular degeneration a bad idea?

Listen in as Dr. Edward Kondrot shares his experience based on over 35 years of practicing ophthalmology.



Various eye treatments are leaving the patient with worse vision. While one could argue this is an unfortunate side effect of a valuable treatment, it is important to consider the role of alternative treatments.



There are no systemic side effects, or very few. There are no ocular side effects. These treatments are safe. There hasn’t been any study data manipulation. There’s no kickback from big pharma because big pharma does not own these therapies.



It can become very frightening when we consider that the ocular side effects of injections can include endophthalmitis, which is severe infection that usually leads to blindness. You can develop a retinal detachment with these injections. Glaucoma can develop. You can develop cataracts. More recently, a shocking study was reported to show that retinal atrophy is a very common occurrence after repeated injections of these agents.



Some studies point to patients who have lost 15 letters and are still classified to have "stable vision." Dr. Kondrot counters, "If I have a patient who loses even two or three letters on the eye chart, I consider that a failure when I’m doing alternative treatments."



Pointing to two studies of his own which were published in the peer-reviewed journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine which showed that the average change was positive for the patient and that in both studies macular degeneration patients experienced no vision loss.



Dr. Kondrot describes how he uses homeopathy in the treatments he uses with his patients suffering from macular degeneration. These therapies include microcurrent, light therapy, pulsed electromagnetic field, IV nutrition, oxidative treatments, and chelation therapy.



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