Sulfadiazine in the treatment of senile cataracts

ABSTRACT

Sulfadizine when given in a small dose (250 mgms. 3 times a day) for a certain period of time (6 months) appears to produce subjective and objective improvements in patients with senile cataract. This work further (on-firms similar observations by the German workers Hackmann and Hackmann. The possible mechanism of the phenomena is predicted to be related to the enzyme contents of the lens, probably the carbonic anhydrase. (Conclusion)