I’m curious whether or not the retinal blood barrier might act as a proxy measure for the blood mind barrier.
And thus the rapamycin impression on retinal well being/operate would possibly act as a proxy for mind impression?
I ask as a result of i personally have very detailed 6 month-to-month ophthalmology knowledge because of a threat of early onset glaucoma. And so it will likely be attention-grabbing to see if my rapa protocol makes any measurable impression once I’m subsequent examined.
Curious if anybody has any ideas. On rapa and the retina
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Evaluate the next beneath, posted on one other thread about 1 week in the past
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Thanks. I had and I believe it referred to injections solely. Have you learnt of any topical (eye drops) or oral therapy research for eye well being with rapamycin?
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Simply had look and this appears nice: The topical ocular supply of rapamycin to posterior eye tissues and the suppression of retinal inflammatory illness – ScienceDirect
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Fascinating… I’d not heard of this analysis:
On this work, now we have formulated a mannequin compound, rapamycin(RAP), in nanoparticle-based eye drops and evaluated the supply of RAP to the posterior eye tissues in a wholesome rabbit.
The topical software of the MET-RAP eye drops to the EAU mouse mannequin resulted in important illness suppression in comparison with controls, with exercise just like dexamethasone eye drops. The MET-RAP eye drops additionally resulted in a discount of RORγt and a rise in each Foxp3 expression and IL-10 secretion, indicating a mechanism involving the inhibition of Th17 cells and the up-regulation of T-reg cells. The MET-RAP formulation delivers RAP to the posterior eye segments, and the formulation is energetic in EAU.
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Please tell us if you happen to determine to experiment with rapamycin eye drops. Many people are already utilizing DIY rapamycin toothpaste: DIY Rapamycin Toothpaste and Flossing Paste and rapamycin pores and skin cream: DIY Rapamycin pores and skin cream
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Sure I’ll. My preliminary curiosity although is whether or not systemic rapa (from oral) has any impression
I discovered one examine (retrospective and solely n=5) which suggests oral sirolimus (and everolimus) have an effect past the retinal blood barrier.
However i can solely entry the summary on my telephone, so I’m unsure what the dosing was.
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I’ll admit to experimentation with selfmade rapa eyedrops. I can’t say it has had a noticeable impact, nevertheless it’s solely been a number of months. My motivation is to cut back the speed of improvement in a cataract. I’ve had no unwell results. I exploit 1 mg powdered rapa + 1 drop transcutol per 4 single-use containers/vials. Then I exploit 1 drop a few times a day.
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I do know so little about Glaucoma however I’ve to surprise if Insulin Resistance performs some function in it? If that’s the case, decrease your carb consumption and so forth.

