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Message: <blockquote data-quote="goji" data-source="post: 117561" data-attributes="member: 11291">Hi ixlpixiSorry to hear about your diagnosis. It is a horrible thing to have to deal with.I was told I had some background retinopathy but nothing that needed to be lasered. I have recently started benfotiamine and pyconogenol - I'm hoping these will help as my Hba1cs are already quite good (5.9 and 6.1) and my BP is not high. I am having a follow-up appointment in 6 months time, so I will hopefully see no progression or maybe even some improvements from taking the supplements.I read that pyconogenol is helpful in the earlier stages of diabetic retinopathy. <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916788" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916788</a>I think the only studies done on Benfotiamine and retinopathy were in rats so I don't know how applicable rat science is to human physiology.It's much much cheaper to buy supplements from the states.</blockquote>

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