Re: URGENT! Is DMSO safe for acrylic IOLs?

[Guest guest]

Sorry I don't know the answer to your question, but thanks for the dry eye

info. I have dry eyes and am interested in your " cocktail " . I used

Restasis many moons ago and it did nothing but sting.

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> I have had cataract surgery and have acrylic replacement IOLs.

> Unable to find out exactly what type of acrylic the replacement lenses are

> actually made of, but did find out that DMSO does dissolve several types of

> acrylics.

>

> Prior to the cataract surgeries I had been using a mix of 1 ounce CS, 1/2

> tsp MSM and 1.4 ml DMSO as eye drops and would like to use that mix again

> but am concerned that it would damage the intraocular acrylic lenses.

> Needless to say, I don't want to run the risk of dissolving or damaging my

> " new eyes " .

>

> So I'm asking here is anyone knows if these drops are safe to use, or if a

> drop with less DMSO would be safe, or if I should just leave out the DMSO

> from the mix and simply go with CS/MSM only? FYI, the reason for any drop

> is dry eyes. Tears drops are not helping and even seem to be worsening the

> dryness, steroid drops worsen the dryness, and I don't want to use

> Restasis.....the other option I've been offered is blood serum eye drops,

> where in they take my blood, remove the plasma, and dilute it to make eye

> drops. Has to be done every 30 days. Not sure I want to go

> there...........but the dryness is getting kinda serious. When I had very

> serious dryness several years ago, the CS-MSM-DMSO drops pretty much cured

> it, so if safe, I'd like to use them again, but, not if it will ruin the

> new implants.

> TIA,

> spati

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>

>

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Jim Boreth wrote:

> Sorry I don't know the answer to your question, but thanks for the dry eye

> info. I have dry eyes and am interested in your " cocktail " . I used

> Restasis many moons ago and it did nothing but sting.

>

Yeah, burns like crazy, and costs the earth. Both reasons I don't want

to use it in addition to concerns about the active ingredient being an

immune suppressant according to a nurse friend of mine. I used it years

ago, and hated it. And it really didn't seem to do much anyway.

BTW, the CS-MSM-DMSO really did help me, but don't use it too often or

it also will cause more dryness. I found 2-3 times a day to be about

right for me.

sol

[Guest guest]

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> Prior to the cataract surgeries I had been using a mix of 1 ounce CS, 1/2

> tsp MSM and 1.4 ml DMSO as eye drops

>

Was that a powdered form of MSM or did you just empty a couple of 500 mg

capsules? I use it in capsules. If it was a powdered form of MSM, would

it be okay to empty capsules? If so, what would be the equivalent?

What was the strength of the DMSO? 70%? More? Why 1.4 ml? Why not round

it up to 1.5 ml?

Sorry for all the questions, but my dry eyes can drive me crazy sometimes.

Thanks!

Jim

[Guest guest]

Lugols will clear up dry eyes rather quickly, it encourages much higher

production of tears, salavi, thins mucus.

However for that to happen, I had to take a hundred mgs daily, which is

really good, as I know it is safe to use in this dosage range, I now take

220mgs daily, a great health supplement, fixed almost all of my problems.

For what it;s worth department, iodine, lugols is a mix of two iodines, is

an excellant antibiotic, and I think the answer to super bugs, that is

killing mostly young people in hospitals. I take my iodine with a

tablespoon of dmso, as I believe dmso helps it permeate the body more

readily,

I make and sell iodine, I had a customer yesterday, who has been taking

iodine for some six months, he and his wife, he reports, he and his wife no

longer require medication for the type II diabetes, great news, david

lubbock tx.

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>

> Sorry I don't know the answer to your question, but thanks for the dry eye

> info. I have dry eyes and am interested in your " cocktail " . I used

> Restasis many moons ago and it did nothing but sting.

>

>

>

> > **

>

> >

> >

> > I have had cataract surgery and have acrylic replacement IOLs.

> > Unable to find out exactly what type of acrylic the replacement lenses

> are

> > actually made of, but did find out that DMSO does dissolve several types

> of

> > acrylics.

> >

> > Prior to the cataract surgeries I had been using a mix of 1 ounce CS, 1/2

> > tsp MSM and 1.4 ml DMSO as eye drops and would like to use that mix again

> > but am concerned that it would damage the intraocular acrylic lenses.

> > Needless to say, I don't want to run the risk of dissolving or damaging

> my

> > " new eyes " .

> >

> > So I'm asking here is anyone knows if these drops are safe to use, or if

> a

> > drop with less DMSO would be safe, or if I should just leave out the DMSO

> > from the mix and simply go with CS/MSM only? FYI, the reason for any drop

> > is dry eyes. Tears drops are not helping and even seem to be worsening

> the

> > dryness, steroid drops worsen the dryness, and I don't want to use

> > Restasis.....the other option I've been offered is blood serum eye drops,

> > where in they take my blood, remove the plasma, and dilute it to make eye

> > drops. Has to be done every 30 days. Not sure I want to go

> > there...........but the dryness is getting kinda serious. When I had very

> > serious dryness several years ago, the CS-MSM-DMSO drops pretty much

> cured

> > it, so if safe, I'd like to use them again, but, not if it will ruin the

> > new implants.

> > TIA,

> > spati

> >

> >

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jim Boreth wrote:

> Was that a powdered form of MSM or did you just empty a couple of 500 mg

> capsules? I use it in capsules. If it was a powdered form of MSM, would

> it be okay to empty capsules? If so, what would be the equivalent?

>

Pure powder. I would never use MSM from capsules in something like my

eye drops because of the inactive ingredients, which in this case would

simply be contaminants. I also prefer to use Opti-msm powder which is

made in the U.S. from U.S. sourced raw ingredients (i.e. not from China

nor from China sourced raw ingredient).

> What was the strength of the DMSO? 70%? More? Why 1.4 ml? Why not round

> it up to 1.5 ml?

>

99%. I developed my mix several years ago and no longer really remember

how I arrived at 1.4 ml. but suspect it was trial and error going by

both comfort level and what seemed to fix the dryness without producing

even more dryness. so how much DMSO to add will probably be individual.

I completely understand about the dryness. I had extreme pain from it,

severe keratitis and was within what the eye doc said was 24 hours of

developing corneal ulcers at one time (years ago) No fun.

Not wanting to go there again, since I had bad chapped spots again and

was having a lot of eye pain, I am now back on Restasis......which I did

not want to do, but felt I simply had to try again. Since I can't find

out what for sure what the risk of even going well below 1.4 ml DMSO in

an eye drop is, or even if MSM alone in an eye drop is truly safe for my

acrylic implants. FML steroid eye drops made the dryness and eye pain

worse. Misting with CS didn't help nearly enough, and also seemed to

actually be making the dryness worse in the end, and artificial tears

even without preservatives also seemed to be making it worse. I felt

like I had run out of options to trying Restasis.

When my eyes are NOT dry for some periods of time, my vision is perfect

now, but I have to say I have been bitten by a host of things I did not

consider, or was not told about, nor find out on my own about that are

or can be consequences of cataract surgery for at least some people. And

I did a ton of research beforehand and thought I knew what to

expect............sigh. I have found out that no matter how much

research one does it is never enough (about anything, lol).

sol

[Guest guest]

Not an option for me, I'm violently allergic to all forms of iodine,

iodide, etc. and have been for 25 years.

dAVId wrote:

> Lugols will clear up dry eyes rather quickly, it encourages much higher

> production of tears, salavi, thins mucus.

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for all the answers, Sol. So you're not going to attempt the blood

serum eye drops? I'd try that over the Restasis, unless the cost were

astronomical.