McDonagh Medical Center


VISUAL FIELD EVIDENCE OF MACULAR DEGENERATION REVERSAL USING A COMBINATION OF EDTA CHELATION AND MULTIPLE VITAMIN AND TRACE MINERAL THERAPY

C.J. Rudolph, D.O., Ph.D., F.A.C.A.M., R.T. Samuels, O.D., and E.W. McDonagh, D.O., A.C.G.P., F.A.C.A.M.

    A 59-year-old white, partially disabled female  patient presented with a history of visual field defects and a diagnosis of Map-Dot-Fingerprint dystrophy.   Examination further revealed retinal changes associated with moderate macular degeneration.  The patient was treated with a combination of intravenous chelation therapy, using a series of 3 gram infusions of ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) and multivitamins and trace minerals.  After treatment, the patient's visual defect improved.  Her vision was restored to 20/25 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye and the quality of her central macular vision was greatly enhanced as measured by autoperimetry.  The patient remains symptom free with restored vision one year later.