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Jul 27, 2009 -- Time-release contact lenses to help glaucoma patients

New changes in medicine promise to help millions stick to treatment regimens more efficiently thanks to improved delivery systems.

For example, Wired Science reports that a new breed of contact lens is being developed that can time-release medication directly to your eye.

This breakthrough is expected to help glaucoma patients, who routinely skip their eye drops almost 60% of the time -- even though doing so can lead to blindness.

When it comes to skipping medication, Clark himself confesses to never having completed a 10-day cycle of antibiotics in all of the 15 or so times they have been prescribed to him. The reason? He's just too flaky to remember.

Interestingly, the contact lens solution wouldn't be one that would help Clark either. His blink reflex is too strong to allow his eye to hold a contact lens, as he discovered early in his TV days when a news director wanted to get him out of glasses on-camera but couldn't!

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What others are saying

  • contact lenses
    Clark, you may find that newer contact lenses are more comfortable than older versions and will stay in your eyes.
  • Multiple Medications
    I have lost sight in (L) eye and right eye I use 3 drops daily due to progression of glaucoma. This would be a great idea for a single medication user.
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