Although the drug treatment of cataract has made some progress in recent years, it is still in the exploration and research stage at home and abroad. For some early stage cataracts, the development of the disease may be slowed down after medication; for patients with mid-stage cataracts, it is difficult to improve the visual acuity and the degree of lens clouding after medication; for cataracts in the near-mature stage, medication is even less practical.
At present, there are no less than dozens of drugs commonly used clinically, with eye drops or oral medications, mainly in the following categories: 1, auxiliary nutritional drugs, such as vitamin C, vitamin E, etc.; 2, drugs related to quinone doctrine, such as cataract stop; 3, antioxidant damage drugs, such as glutathione, taurine; 4, aldose reductase inhibitors, such as carbinol, saprophytic, etc.; 5, Chinese herbal medicine, such as dendrobium luminosum, Fuming tablets and musk pearl eye drops, etc.
Surgery is recognized as the only definitive and effective method to treat cataract. There is still no drug that has been proven to cure cataracts or to stop their development completely. If the cataract is not particularly serious and is in the primary stage, and the vision does not yet affect one’s work and life, one can use a little eye drops under the guidance of a doctor. However, if the vision is severely reduced and it affects one’s life, surgery is still necessary, because the cure for cataract still ultimately depends on surgery.