Idebenone – a new drug for patients with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy is a rare disease caused by mutation in the mitochondrial DNA. It appears most often young men, leading to profound, permanent loss of vision short time. There no specific treatment for this condition.Idebenone medicine that administered patients with hereditary optic neuropathy improves or stops deterioration vision. Increasing number people during therapy and duration will allow future answer question, whether drug effective safe larger group patients.