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Apply retinoid in the evening and GHK-CU at a different time or on alternating evenings
NAION happens when blood flow to the optic nerve is blocked, says Rachel Pessah-Pollack, MD, FACE, clinical associate director in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at NYU School of Medicine
Dexamethasone (20 g) was used in these two experiments as an anti-inflammatory positive control following the same regimen (1 injection at day 3 in the short-term and 3 injections once a week from day 8 in the long-term MIA model)
results cannot be attributed to compounded preparations, which are not FDA-approved
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