Diabetic Retinopathy Treated With Testosterone

Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy With Estrogens

“…Drug therapy. Criticism directed toward drug therapy in the management of diabetic retinopathy is justifiable, in view of the initial, but transient, enthusiasm for the host of agents that have failed to live up to the claims made for them (3–10). Furthermore, one has to consider wide variations in the rate of resorption of intraocular hemorrhages.…”

Progression and Regression of Diabetic Retinopathy

“…The literature contains many brief references to the variable rate of progression and not infrequent regression of diabetic retinopathy (Friedenwald 1950, Lawrence 1951, Becker 1952, and others). There is little quantitative evidence apart from the very few controlled trials of treatment (Bedrossian et al 1953, Keen & Smith 1959). The present study was designed to provide an estimate of the rate of change of the ophthalmoscopic appearances of diabetic retinopathy.…”