Macular Degeneration Drops

Doctors are testing a new eye drop that may help patients with a specific type of macular degeneration called "Dry AMD."

The disease causes a layer of tissue behind the retina to wear out. Blood vessels abnormally grow through that weak layer, causing swelling and scarring and a gradual loss of vision.

"As it dies, it erodes these areas and you get bigger and bigger geographic areas, and if it goes to your center, you can't read," said David Brown, MD from The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Its' called "Hydergine" and doctors call it an antioxidant or an "eye vitamin."

The drops go in the eye four times a day.

While it's not available to the public just yet doctors in the study say they're hopeful.