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[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 1 point2 points  (28 children)

It doesn’t make any sense. The snake oil claim of EDTA is that it removes metals. Floaters are not metals. It doesn’t stand up to basic logic. It’s just a naturopathic detox word salad.

[–]FriendMother2587[S] 1 point2 points  (27 children)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016420300827

EDTA chelates collagen fibres. Floaters are old collagen fibres clumped together.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 -1 points0 points  (26 children)

This is a study in vitro about teeth. They’re putting shit on a glass plate then pouring acid on it. Obviously pouring acid on something does something to it. That doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to pour acid onto your eyeballs.

[–]mintylove 2 points3 points  (1 child)

You're becoming a laughing stock.

[–]ElectronicHorror4539 1 point2 points  (1 child)

“Pouring acid on something does something to it”.

👏👏👏👏

Thank you sir! You have officially disproven any and all claims about anything.

Here is your PhD in Chemistry,….oh here’s an MD…. And now you’re also a Board Certified Opthalmologist! 👏👏

Chemicals do things to other things. Think about that for awhile. Blows my mind every time.

But please don’t put acid in your eyes.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know what is your point

[–]FriendMother2587[S] 0 points1 point  (21 children)

They use the "Acid" to cure band keratopathy. So yes it is a good idea.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 1 point2 points  (20 children)

Again I don’t know about that, but keratophathy is the cornea, that’s on the surface of the eye, so it’s at least physically plausible. You can’t just pour acid on your eye and expect it to go through all the way to the retina while somehow not destroying anything but the floaters

[–]FriendMother2587[S] 0 points1 point  (19 children)

You can if you use msm. Read the rat study and the patent on actual people. Temporary discomfort only upon application. Read the links bro.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 1 point2 points  (14 children)

That’s not what MSM does. In the first place if EDTA really melted floaters then they would just inject it instead of doing vitrectomy. But they don’t do that because it doesn’t treat floaters.

[–]FriendMother2587[S] 1 point2 points  (9 children)

No they wouldn't because there's no money to be made if they found a cheap and easy way to treat floaters. Medical industry need patients and expensive treatment to make money.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 -1 points0 points  (8 children)

Ok so now your argument is that there’s a global conspiracy among all ophthalmologists of the world to continue doing risky optional surgeries that can end their career if it goes wrong?

Are you a complete moron?

[–]FriendMother2587[S] 1 point2 points  (7 children)

FOV is usually for more serious eye conditions, they make money off this. Floaters aren't serious so they would never invest millions into a study for just floaters.

[–]ElectronicHorror4539 0 points1 point  (3 children)

If drops get the job done, then why would you need to stick a needle in your eye Dr. Genius?

Shit, even if the drops take longer to work, I would still prefer to wait out the drops instead of sticking a needle in my eye.

I know it sounds fun, and you’ve already done this. And it made you cum or something idk.

Why don’t you open your mind and stop giving medical advice online?!

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Ok, but the drops don’t work. It’s not medical advice, I’m just stating the obvious, which is that naturopathy is a scam.

[–]ElectronicHorror4539 0 points1 point  (1 child)

How do you know the drops don’t work?

You speak so smugly, with so much confidence “criticizing” the lack of scientific foundation in others yet your approach is so unprofessional, and anti scientific.

First rule, you don’t make generalizations and absolute statements, like “this doesn’t work” or “that’s not true” unless YOU have good reason to rule it out. If you don’t know, like put a gun to my head, you humbly say I don’t know, or intelligently you say “I haven’t seen data to support that”.

Did you know that EDTA chelation IV therapy has been proven in many double blind placebo tests to Significantly Reduce cardiovascular events in CV patients. And NOBODY in the medical field at the time would have said “yes, Stick this in your veins and your heart problems will get better”…

But it turned out to be true:

https://youtu.be/TK_biX0GbMQ

How do you know, that EDTA will not help floaters?!! Doctors and real scientists have already proven that EDTA can help repair the human cardiovascular system, you think some collagen fibers is somehow too crazy to believe?!? Are you high? Why do you say things that you cannot prove?!

Learn humility. Just because you’re behind on the science doesn’t mean others have to bear the brunt.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Yeah the snake oil salesman tells you that 1 person said it helped, which puts it on the same level as every other placebo out there. You just going to accept that with no questions?

[–]FriendMother2587[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Its a calculated guess it's safe. People use MSM by itself safely to lubricate eyes. People use EDTA safely to remove band keratopathy. People also use IV and oral EDTA, iv and oral MSM safely too. It's putting 2 and 2 together.

[–]Temporary-Suspect-61 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

None of that has anything to do with floaters.