> Visomitin (Emoxipine/Mexidol) eye drops are a Russian-developed antioxidant medication known for treating dry eyes, fatigue, radiation damage, and improving vision
I wouldn't recommend it. A quick search shows that it's not proven to do anything at all but it's also advertised as being the cure for parkinson's, asthma, back pain, high cholesterol levels, anxiety, blood clots, glaucoma, and Huntington’s disease while also making you smarter and improving your memory. This sounds like classic snake oil. Something I'd expect to see being sold alongside Horny Goat Weed and kratom at a gas station rather than an actual medication dispensed by a pharmacist. As fucked up as the American healthcare system is I guess you really have to hand it to Russia sometimes.
I'd happily be proved wrong, but all the usual red flags are there. About the best that can be said for it at the moment is that there doesn't seem any more evidence that it's harmful than there is for it being helpful. Hopefully it gets the research to back up the claims. It certainly purports to be effective for conditions there's plenty of interest in developing effective and safe treatments for so you'd think that nations around the globe would be eager to look into it.
The West and the globe doesn't work that way. There is little to no money in something that can't be patented. For this reason, at least no pharma firm will pay for any trials with it, and so it can't easily ever get FDA approved. Naivete does not help.
I wouldn't recommend it. A quick search shows that it's not proven to do anything at all but it's also advertised as being the cure for parkinson's, asthma, back pain, high cholesterol levels, anxiety, blood clots, glaucoma, and Huntington’s disease while also making you smarter and improving your memory. This sounds like classic snake oil. Something I'd expect to see being sold alongside Horny Goat Weed and kratom at a gas station rather than an actual medication dispensed by a pharmacist. As fucked up as the American healthcare system is I guess you really have to hand it to Russia sometimes.