THERAPEUTIC REGIMEN AND METHOD FOR TREATING OR AMELIORATING VISUAL DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENDOGENOUS RETINOID DEFICIENCY

• Main Authors: H. ANDREW STRONG, SUZANNE CADDEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 14.06.2016
• Subjects: HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

Disclosed herein are therapeutic regimens for treating or ameliorating a visual disorder associate with an endogenous retinoid deficiency in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a synthetic retinal derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a synthetic retinal derivative according to the therapeutic regimen which leads to local recovery of visual functions such as visual fields, visual acuity and retinal sensitivity, among others. En la presente se describen regímenes terapéuticos para tratar o mejorar un trastorno visual asociado con una deficiencia retinoide endógena en un sujeto administrar una cantidad terapéuticamente efectiva de un derivado sintético de retinol o una composición farmacéuticamente aceptable que comprende un derivado sintético de retinol de acuerdo con el régimen terapéutico que conduce a la recuperación local de las funciones visuales tales como campos visuales, agudeza visual y sensibilidad de la retina, entre otros.