Macular Health, LLC Introduces First Ocular Nutrition Oral Thin Film Delivery Method

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Macular Health's Visual Advantage, a Birmingham-based company offering nutritional products that help slow vision loss for those suffering with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), has introduced MacuStrip Premier, its new Oral Thin Film (OTF) delivery method. Macular Health President and CEO Jeffery McAnnally will announce the new product at the 2014 Optometry's Marketplace at SECO™ International in Atlanta, Ga., on Friday, March 14.

"Macular Health's Visual Advantage has patented a unique OTF delivery method that will change the way AMD nutrition is delivered," said McAnnally. "Our new OTF technology will provide maximal delivery of nutrients by using higher concentrations of the active ingredients shown by the AREDS 2 study to be most effective in slowing or preventing vision loss due to AMD by placing them on an easy-to-use OTF strip that is applied to the cheek or tongue."

The recently released AREDS 2 study confirmed that the added ingredients and formulation created by Jon O. Mason, III, M.D., a retina surgeon from the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who introduced the Macular Health eye supplement with McAnnally, as the most effective of four different formulations tested in the study in slowing or preventing vision loss due to AMD. 

An OTF delivery method has never before been seen in ocular nutrition. This new OTF technology will change the way ocular nutrition is delivered by bypassing the gastro-intestine track and instantly getting the essential ingredients into the blood stream.

"The OTF will improve patient compliance by eliminating the need to swallow a pill and curbing the stomach irritation many patients experience," said McAnnally.

For more information or to reach McAnnally or Mason, please contact Audrey Pannell at 205.503.5955 or [email protected].

ABOUT MACULAR HEALTH, LLC

President and CEO Jeffery McAnnally developed Macular Health in 2003, with the help of an ophthalmologist who has a family history of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Today, Macular Health's products are sold throughout the United States and the company is a leader in the ophthalmic nutraceutical industry. Macular Health, LLC has a dedicated team of employees to provide excellent customer service and the best products for those suffering from Macular Degeneration. For more information, visit www.macularhealth.com.

Media contact:
Audrey Pannell
205.503.5955
[email protected]

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SOURCE Macular Health