Epilepsy drug could help treat retinitis pigmentosa, study finds
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 16:28
in Health & Medicine
A small preliminary study has found that valproic acid - a drug already used to treat epileptic seizures, migraines and bipolar disorder - may halt or even reverse the loss of vision produced by retinitis pigmentosa, researchers said Thursday. A team from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worchester is now organizing a clinical trial to confirm its observations.