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Contact Lenses Could Deliver Medications
Roland Piquepaille writes "This UPI Science News article says that eye diseases like glaucoma could one day be treated by pharmaceuticals delivered through contact lenses. "Patients might be able to one day receive prescription medications through tiny particles embedded in soft contact lenses, researchers said Sunday. They said they have developed a method to encapsulate a medication in nanoparticles, particles so tiny they are microscopic and cannot be felt or seen by the eye." However, the lenses are in the very early engineering design stages and have not been tested clinically. Check this column for more details."
For eye medications I can see this... but using it for other medication? Is there really that large of an advantage of useing this vs a patch based method?
It mentions use for people who forget to take eye drop or pills... now, unless they already use contacts, what's to say they won't forget to put 'em in?
Though, personally, I just don't like the idea of contacts for some reason. Contacts and dentists just make me shudder thinking about them.
well by that logic, you could just stick pure THC in a gell capsule and a glass of water. unfortunately, THC is heat-activated, which is why you see it baked into brownies and whatnot (Still warm) and smoked (hot THC vapors)...which means unless your average body temp is somewhere around 190 F, you're gonna be SOL.
LSD might work, although that's a sight (no pun intended) more illegal than mary jane
moox. for a new generation.
They make contacts that are designed for continuous wear. Up to 30 days, I believe. 'Focus Night & Day' is one brand of these contacts.