Pharmacological and physiotherapeutic methods of treating non-exudative age-related macular degeneration

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The non-exudative form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease with long-term progression for which effective treatments have not been found. Many studies are being conducted to find effective drugs to prevent the appearance of drusen and increase in RPE atrophy area, which could help avoid this more dangerous form of AMD. The main drugs (nutraceuticals) that are used to treat the dry form of AMD are lutein, zeaxanthin and omega-3 fatty acids. Additionally, treatment may include nanosecond laser therapy for drusen in advanced AMD, panretinal subthreshold micropulse laser exposure for atrophic AMD, as well as microcurrent stimulation. Further research in this area should be aimed at understanding all the pathogenetic mechanisms associated with the development of AMD, and developing new approaches to the treatment of this disease including physiotherapy.

Keywords:

age-related macular degeneration

drusen

lipofuscin

oxidative stress

lutein

zeaxanthin

laser treatment

physiotherapy

Authors:

Drakon A.K.

Research Institute of Eye Diseases

Kurguzova A.G.

Krasnov Research Institute of Eye Diseases

ORCID: 0000-0002-3990-4491

Sheludchenko V.M.

Krasnov Research Institute of Eye Diseases

ORCID: 0000-0001-5958-3018

Korchazhkina N.B.

Russian research center of surgery named after academician B.V. Petrovsky;
The Moscow state medical University named after A.I. Evdokimov of the Ministry of health of Russia

ORCID: 0000-0002-9804-7725

Received:

24.03.2021

Accepted:

09.05.2021

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