NEW Vitamin B3 - a Natural CURE for Glaucoma? | Eye Surgeon Explains

[@eyechannelbyeyesurgeon]

If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with glaucoma, please share your experience in the comments below 👇

[@franklinreidministry2555]

Yes

[@roxyiconoclast]

Yes, my husband was diagnosed with glaucoma. It has not been controlled by the 4 rx eyedrops prescribed. He was referred to a glaucoma specialist who said he has a form that afflicts mostly Asians. The doctor agreed he could try the treatment used in a Columbia study (“Nicotinamide and Pyruvate for Neuroenhancement in Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial”). Too early to tell whether there’s benefit.

[@Fatima_kr8]

Hi, Dr. I have just been diagnosed with glaucoma three weeks ago and I have been placed on eyedrop and lens.

[@AndrewWutke]

I had intra occular pressure elevated for quite a long time. Recorde as 25 mmHg early 2024. After watching this video, I started with vit B3 as Nocoinamide from a supermarket. I mentioned this to my very experienced and science-oriented Ophtalmologist in June. He was sceptical, saying that there were insufficient clinical double blind placebo studies to validate this claim. Month later, he recorded 19mmhHg in one eye and 16 in the other. He said the occular pressure may vary sometimes for unknown reasons. On the 5th of December, my local optometrist recorded 20 mmHg in one eye and 19 in the other. That, in my opinion, is likely a systematic trend justifying my decision to continue with B3. Next check in 6 months. Thank you for this valuable information.

[@vrado441]

Doctors are in general clueless in basic effects of natural remedies?

[@maheshbulchandani5920]

That is great and hope your eye health continues to improve. I would like to highlight one thing. Vitamin B3 is not expected to lower the IOP. In fact the studies so far have shown that it improves health of eye nerves without affecting the IOP

[@marvinisrael1671]

Before coming upon these suggestive studies on the possible benefit of high dose nicotinamide for halting the progression of glaucoma, I read a study suggesting that a tablespoon of black currants taken daily might help because of the anthocyanins. So I ordered a large and expensive number of bags of frozen black currants and added them to my daily oatmeal which I also dose with nearly a cup of frozen blueberries from my own bushes. My eye pressure has come way down, but that may be solely due to the drops. In six months I will have a second visual field test. I know that such tests are somewhat inconclusive, but we shall see. The optometrist did not see any further damage to the optic nerve on my last examination. I have been taking 3000 mg of nicotinamide daily for a month. I will continue it for another month and then take a blood test to see what effect it is having on my liver and insulin. I will probably discontinue taking it and resume taking it about two months before my next appointment. Even though I love my German Shepherd dog, I'm not ready to put in a reservation for a seeing eye dog. I'm terrified of losing my vision.

[@johnolaoluwa]

Consider adding Mitotaur supplement

[@deborahmorrison6092]

What milligram of Niacin and Pyruvate? Thank you and love your channel.

[@eyechannelbyeyesurgeon]

You can learn more about this topic and the specific dosages studied in this research project here 👉jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2786482 Hope it helps 😀

[@roxyiconoclast]

The active treatment was “Ascending oral doses of nicotinamide (1000 to 3000 mg) and pyruvate (1500 to 3000 mg).”

[@janforaker3127]

I bought 100 mgs 4:07 capsules the heat rash I got was hugely scary I broke out in a rash down past my knees it was so bad!! Can't imagine 1000mg!

[@roxyiconoclast]

@@janforaker3127 So sorry to hear that happened. Was it the nicotinamide or pyruvate that disagreed with you? (Niacin is known for causing flushing, but the nicotinamide or niacinamide forms aren’t supposed to have that effect.) Everyone is different though, so always a good idea to start with a low dose, with each new supplement separately. Luckily neither my husband nor I have had any side effects.

[@jamesfigger7701]

Thank you doc for this wonderful news i hope this will be the answer prayer…God bless you doc and the rest who is selflessly finding a cure for this disease

[@sylviahowe2240]

Wow must try this I have drops for mine but seem to have slipped through the net since covid I have tried the head place in London but can’t find any help anywhere .

[@myway2653]

I'm doing research...thanks for the video

[@TheRealNewBlackMusic]

Yes but now all of the cardiologists are saying to stay away from any form of vitamin B3 because of risk of cardiovascular disease what a bummer we don't know what to do go blind or drop dead from a heart attack😢

[@chapellinator]

I’m going to take my chances. Would much rather drop dead than go blind.

[@koljivanov4050]

Glaucoma. How I fought with glaucoma after an operation to pump blood out of the vitreous - victrectomy - on the eye... An exercise with alternately closing the eyes helped, while we squeeze out excess fluid from the eyes, one time in a different way... youtu.be /D3O3TtsNxiQ?si=hmmAHTVOX6CKhicj Does anyone ever wonder why we rub our eyes? By doing this we squeeze out excess fluid and equalize the pressure in the eyes and improve the nutrition of the blood vessels, but after eye surgery, this cannot be done at first... but you can alternately close your eyes while walking... and look, for example, at car numbers, closer and further... The pressure in the eye is increased due to the spongy trauber network clogged with fibrous blood, which removes 85% of the fluid from the eyes into the Schlemm canal. This often happens after blood enters due to eye injuries, inflammation of the Trauberian canal or eye surgery, sugar!!!, malnutrition, venous stagnation and retrograde (reverse) flow of blood into the excretory canals, etc.. It is necessary to improve fluid drainage: 1 Improve rheology (fluidity...) diet, jars. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eojEnqxtZ6qUo9ksi=R7vFKluW_jD42FKV , leeches, etc. There is a video, but in English, “What products help you avoid glaucoma”, “Or what products to avoid with glaucoma”, but Russian doctors, like insurance companies, are silent about this!?.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWXgaZ6etudgZI ?si=h4CTF16Nx5zJbtZ_ The best thing is just a diet, for example, diabetic 2, just without sugar, flour, potatoes, coffee and fatty meat, etc... which will allow you to avoid thousands of other diseases!!! 2 Improve blood vessels (contrast shower!!!, vitamins and much more...) 3 Mechanically help remove fluid from the eyes (massage around the eyes to drain lymph..., alternately squeezing and squeezing out excess fluid if you can’t rub your eyes due to surgery or injury, etc.) I’ll add... In order for the blood to be “liquid”, proper nutrition is necessary!!!, without excess sweets, flour, potatoes, etc. Good outflow is helped by proper MASSAGE of the eyes and neighboring areas and neck. But it also helps a lot to close your eyes one by one!!! eye to gouge out!!! excess fluid from the eyes into the lymph through the trabecular network (spongy tissue can be clogged with fibrous blood after surgery or injury), into Schlemm’s canal. Massage of the lymphatic vessels that drain fluid around the eyes and ears, as well as throughout the head, helps to prevent and treat GLAUCOMA!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGGmdqJ3qLVqfLMsi=2uobICN-f06IEKaI A daily contrast shower or at least applying a hot wet or cold cloth to the eyes helps to train the elasticity of the blood vessels around the eyes and the entire head. All this warns of GLAUCOMA, which is almost impossible to cure otherwise. Only if you put leeches to thin the blood. Regular cupping and cupping (hijama) also help to improve the rheology of blood and lymphatic fluid. Regular trips to the pool are very useful, because of the contrast shower, because of washing your face after diving, because of constantly closing your eyes, because of swimming and the work of large muscles that help the movement of lymph, kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKSnfKB3iapnl8Usi=qSEhFtGMUBngkGzH Four ways to improve lymph flow kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ25qoKOnLWdjqssi=HrghCLj5mU7VDUT2

[@olinbrown8260]

I think all in moderation is ok

[@naNO818ETF7]

I dont believe in doctors not all them want you te be cured

[@suzanne9622]

​I am trying ginko Biloba 2x a day. Read up on it. I also take preservation 2x a day along with kyolic aged garlic 2x a day. I had 12 pressure in each eye with this until my Dr told me to take antibiotic with steroid in it for a little dust I got in my eye causing red in corner. Then my pressure jumped up to 44. There is something called steroid induced glaucoma. The steroid hurt my eyes. Something everyone should know. Grrrr...... Now I am on glaucoma drops which I wanted to avoid as long as possible.

[@jasonp167]

Thank you for the information! It was very helpful.

[@aziz-ed8sb]

Thank you for this excellent subjuct

[@Keep-on-ok]

Thank you for this vitamin. I take a B Complex daily.

[@_D.I.G_]

when i stopped drinking monster (or any energy drinks) just last week, which has vitamin b3 i was diagnosed with glaucoma im only 33 i stopped drinking monster because i had a kidney stone. this week has been tough, as I originally thought i was having caffeine withdrawal which was causing my to have ocular migraines when in reality it may seem like I have vitamin b3 deficiency.

[@Katsem]

3 grams per day was used in one small study with good results for some. My ophthalmologist said I could try it with the ok from my primary care doctor. I have been on 3 grams a day for about 9 weeks and am due for a Humphrey visual field test at my next visit in mid June. I had a normal metabolic panel a few weeks ago, so the liver is probably ok. I will probably drop the dose if I do stay on it, because I think it makes me tired. And if my visual field test shows continued damage , I’ll stop the B3 altogether. I have severe glaucoma in one eye, having lost over half of my vision despite two surgeries. The other eye is better, but the loss is heading toward 10%.

[@chapellinator]

Hi, wondering if you have an update? Did you have more tests done?

[@joanneramsey7723]

Im in the same boat as you. Pressures as high as 55 in one eye, low 20’s in the other. In my bad eye Ive had 2 SLT procedures, 1 gel stent, 1 goniotomy, and getting ready to have a tube put in mid month. I had cataract surgery and now my good eye has blurry vision. How are you doing now?

[@BabaYaga-yh3yi]

@@chapellinatorI’ve been on 1.5g nicotinamide a day for about a year. No improvement at all on VFT. Maybe it’s the lower dosing but I’m not upping it until the results come out.

[@das1992]

@@joanneramsey7723 Hey Joanne, may I ask how old are you now and how long ago were you diagnosed? I am 31 y/o diagnosed with severe glaucoma in both eyes with right eye having only 30% vision. My pressure at the time of diagnosis was 40 in both eyes, doc started eye drops 3x/day and now my pressure is in teh high teens in both eyes. None of my doctors prescribed B3 in particular but my vitamin tests did reveal deficiency in D3 and B12 so pcp started me on daily multivitamin supplement.

[@das1992]

Hey, do you mind sharing your test results?

[@karenchellquist6454]

Is their a blood test for amount of vitamin B3 (as there is for other vitamins such ad Vit D)?

[@koljivanov4050]

How I struggled with glaucoma after eye surgery... The exercise of closing the eyes helped, while we squeeze out excess fluid from the eyes, one different way... kzbin.info/www/bejne/emSyZIeqqLOrn7Msi=hmmAHTVOX6CKhicj Does anyone ever wonder why we rub our eyes? By doing this we equalize the pressure in the eyes and improve the nutrition of the blood vessels, but after surgery this cannot be done... The pressure in the eye is increased due to the spongy trauber network clogged with fibrous blood, which removes 85% of the fluid from the eyes into the Schlemm canal. This often happens after blood enters due to eye injuries, or eye surgery, sugar, poor diet, etc.. It is necessary to improve fluid drainage: 1 Improve rheology (fluidity...) diet, jars, leeches, etc. 2 Improve blood vessels (contrast shower!!!, vitamins and much more...) 3 Mechanically help remove fluid from the eyes (massage around the eyes to drain lymph..., alternately squeezing and squeezing out excess fluid if you can’t rub your eyes due to surgery or injury, etc.) I’ll add... In order for the blood to be “liquid”, proper nutrition is necessary!!!, without excess sweets, flour, potatoes, etc. Good outflow is helped by proper MASSAGE of the eyes and neighboring areas and neck. But it also helps a lot to close your eyes one by one!!! eye to gouge out!!! excess fluid from the eyes into the lymph through the trabecular meshwork (spongy tissue can be clogged with fibrous blood after surgery or injury), into Schlemm’s canal. Massage of the lymphatic vessels that drain fluid around the eyes and ears, as well as throughout the head, helps to prevent and treat GLAUCOMA!!! A daily contrast shower or at least applying a hot wet or cold cloth to the eyes to train the elasticity of the blood vessels around the eyes and the entire head helps. All this warns of GLAUCOMA, which is almost impossible to cure otherwise. Only if you put leeches to thin the blood. Regular cupping and cupping (hijama) also help to improve the rheology of blood and lymphatic fluid. Regular trips to the pool are very useful, because of the contrast shower, because of washing your face after diving, because of constantly closing your eyes, because of swimming and the work of large muscles that help the movement of lymph,,,

[@g.phelps5797]

I know you're busy but we miss you haven't seen any new videos

[@eyechannelbyeyesurgeon]

Thank you and here is the link to the new video released today 👉5 Things to NEVER Put in Your Eyes | Eye Surgeon Explains #draudreytai kzbin.info/www/bejne/pl7YnXp3a8p_r7c

[@MarkRelniSeguira]

thanks dok

[@johngoh767]

Dr. Audry Tai, which is the best brand that you can recommend to buy Vitamin B3 [Niacin]?

[@Keep-on-ok]

The NOW brand can be trusted.

[@JohnWerner-te5zy]

Variety of Vitamin B3 recommended is not Niacin but is Nicotinamide (Dosage 2 x 500 mg per day).

[@jeffpricefamily3905]

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[@calebhosch2947]

I have looked at several videos of yours...no none prescriptive treatments seems to pass your tests? Your are also a nutritionist so can you talk more about eating to improve this condition.

[@eyechannelbyeyesurgeon]

You can learn more about this topic on this video 👉 How to Prevent Glaucoma Naturally - 10 Tips | Eye Surgeon Explains #draudreytai kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4Gcl3qnhpyBqaM

[@rickclark1372]

I hope when they compared glaucoma to non-glaucoma blood for NAD+ levels they are comparing like ages. As we know, glaucoma patients are usually older people. We also know NAD+ levels decline with age. So if they are comparing such older glaucoma patients with general population blood, we would expect lower NAD+ based on the age of glaucoma patients alone. All that being said, I have been taking NMN (an NAD+ precursor) for a couple years now and recently started taking Nicotinamide on the hope they might do something positive. I am 68 and have severe glaucoma damage, originally diagnosed as Pigmentary Glaucoma. As for the NMN I have been taking for a while, there are teases and suggestions of efficacy in some studies but not robust science and it seems not unlikely that while blood levels of NAD+ from NMN oral may be raised, it might not be raising the levels in the cells themselves. But if the improvements in visual fields following Nicotinamide are more robustly proven, that would certainly provide proof of benefits within the cells. I would also mention that evidence is suggestive that exercise and physical fitness alone can raise NAD+ levels in older people, so if raised NAD+ levels benefit glaucoma eyes, perhaps that should be every patient's "prescription" along with medications, etc. Not to mention the many other health benefits it brings.

[@pauluskersten2975]

Thanks; good information. Is it for both kinds of glaucoma?

[@monicaclarke6356]

Thank you Dr god bless you,

[@kep5877]

Nicotinamide is the correct form of B3 against glaucoma, not Niacin

[@swahili9144]

Do you have any advcie on how one can aproache severe pellegra with niacin especially the doses?

[@richardordonez8331]

I don't remember the size niacin dose I took or why. I was a young teen experimenting I guess. I remember my skin feeling very strange almost like an itch.

[@LUKEMOTIVATIONALIDEAS]

Can i directly buy b3c supplement

[@adamaprimo9023]

Perhaps nicotinimide and pyruvate eye drops will be more effective. B vitamins are peed out rapidly which is probably why such huge doses are required in this case. Get it right to the cells in need.

[@bertcollard6619]

Good video

[@SajSajidmk]

Which r the Natural Sources of B3 ?

[@eyechannelbyeyesurgeon]

You can learn more about this topic in this video 👉 Best Foods for Eye Health Part 1 | Eye Surgeon Explains #draudreytai kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH20p3qud7-if8k

[@Christopher-b1p]

ViolinMD has a new.Vitamin B3 media story, as well.

[@imnotmelvin3]

The subjects for the long-term trials are taking 1500milg a day it finishes in 25. Im only doing 500milg

[@vrado441]

It is so hard to take effects of niacin ?

[@imnotmelvin3]

@vrado441 will see just drink water to protect the kidney when taking it.

[@TargetedCreole82583]

I've been told for years that my eyes were at risk for glaucoma.

[@das1992]

Understand your test results, get your eye pressure checked everytime you see an eye doctor... If its higher than 21, then yes you are at risk. Many doctors are trying to rip off patients by threatning them by saying risk...

[@lightliz7834]

Research is still ongoing. BE aware that taking large doses of Nicatinamide can have serious side effects on your liver.

[@maserati-ig2zp]

Thanks good to know

[@coolguy79jeffrey]

any vitamin for ischemic CRVO? any thing i can do to get back a bit of the vision? i am not hoping to a full recovery, just a little improvement would be great as my VA is like 20/200 :(

[@SalamanRajuKale-ln4us]

Eat raw broccoli

[@hornet224]

CoQ10 is a good nutrient for the mitochondria health.

[@AndrewWutke]

Does nicotinic acid (pyridine-3-carboxylic acid) helps as well in glaucoma?

[@roxyiconoclast]

Idk about that firm, but see the journal article “Improvement in Inner Retinal Function in Glaucoma with Nicotinamide (Vitamin B3) Supplementation: A Crossover Randomised Clinical Trial.” The results were positive and are being followed up with larger phase 3 studies in Australia, Sweden and the UK.

[@MaggieJohnson-vn6su]

I tried it and ended up in the ER thinking I was having a heart attack. I'd love to take it, but...

[@Spectre2434]

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[@main___name___main___name]

high doses of niacin causes muscular edema and blindness.

[@DamonSkaff]

at wt d0se is tht?😊