Formulations marketed to elderly consumers for preventing or treating age-related eye diseases such as macular degeneration are modified in various four ways, compared to the formulations tested in the first “Age-Related Eye Disease Study” (AREDS-1) clinical trial. Zinc dosages are substabtially reduced, to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other neurotoxic damage in the brains of elderly people, and zeaxanthin is substituted for a substantial portion of any beta-carotene. Additional useful agents are also disclosed.
与首次 "老年性眼病研究"(AREDS-1)临床试验中的配方相比,面向老年消费者销售的用于预防或治疗黄斑变性等老年性眼病的配方在四个方面进行了不同程度的修改。
锌的用量部分减少,以降低阿尔茨海默病和老年人大脑中其他神经毒性损伤的风险,
玉米黄质取代了大部分的
β-胡萝卜素。 还公开了其他有用的制剂。