| Failure to take your medications, what doctors refer to | | | | TABLETS/CAPSULES PER DAY RATHER THAN |
| as "compliance failure," remain a problem in the | | | | THE RECOMMENDED DOSAGE! |
| treatment of many medical conditions. | | | | In other words, they are getting only half of the daily |
| Studies that evaluate how frequently patients miss | | | | dose! |
| their medications are unsettling. For certain | | | | Listed below are the proper daily dosages for popular |
| life-threatening conditions, such as insulin-dependent | | | | macular degeneration vitamins: |
| diabetes or seizure disorders, compliance is very high. | | | | * ICaps AREDS: 2 tablets twice daily |
| But for conditions in which it is unlikely that the patient | | | | * Ocuvite Preservision: 2 tablets twice daily |
| will feel different on any given day, such as having high | | | | * Preservision Gelcaps: 1 capsule twice daily |
| cholesterol or glaucoma, compliance is much worse. | | | | * Paul Harvey Premier Ocular Nutrition: 2 capsules |
| So it should come as no surprise that compliance with | | | | twice daily |
| macular degeneration supplements might also be a | | | | * VisiVite Original, Smokers, E-Free and i-Defense |
| problem. | | | | Formulas: 1 capsule twice daily |
| discovered that over 25% of their customers were | | | | Although you might think that there would be SOME |
| under-treating their macular degeneration. | | | | benefit to taking fewer capsules per day, the scientific |
| How did they discover this? | | | | research says otherwise. |
| Their Sight For Life subscription service automatically | | | | Many studies prior the National Eye Institute's Age |
| sends patients 3 bottles of VisiVite and 1 bottle of | | | | Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) which was |
| Co-Defense Multivitamins with free shipping every | | | | published in 2001, looked at nutritional supplementation in |
| three months. Ideally, customers should be nearly | | | | preventing the progression of macular degeneration. |
| finished with their vitamins just as the next shipment is | | | | Prior to AREDS, no study was able to show benefit. |
| arriving. | | | | What made AREDS unique was that the DOSAGES |
| But many customers contacted them, reporting that | | | | of antioxidants and zinc were significantly higher than |
| they were not finished with their current vitamin supply. | | | | had been previously used. AREDS therefore showed |
| When a customer states that he or she has half a | | | | that there is a CRITICAL MINIMUM AMOUNT of |
| bottle remaining, the math is easy. That person is | | | | nutrients required to positively impact eye disease. |
| missing 1 out of every 6 doses. | | | | There is NO DATA to support the fact that taking half |
| But some customers said that they had almost 2 | | | | the recommended regimen of macular degeneration |
| bottles of VisiVite remaining by the time they received | | | | vitamins is effective. |
| their next shipment. When this occurred, they | | | | So, to obtain benefit from macular degeneration |
| discovered a disturbing truth. | | | | vitamin supplements, you must take the proper number |
| MANY MACULAR DEGENERATION VITAMIN | | | | of capsules as recommended on the package! |
| USERS ARE INCORRECTLY TAKING FEWER | | | | |