AREDS II study did not show Omega 3 Beneficial
This long awaited second study into the benefit of Vitamins in Macular degeneration was designed to answer the question whether Lutein or Omega 3
would provide additional benefit over the Standard AREDS I vitamins eg. PreserVision Original.
The study showed NO benefit. The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has issued a press release on the subject available from
Thus my recommendations to my patients in line with College press release is to use PreserVision Lutein but not to take additional Omega 3.
The full article is available from the Journal of American Medical Association http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1684847