Iluvien is a type of drug delivery system that may be FDA approved for treating diabetic retinopathy. Instead of laser treatment, the eye will be injected.
Eye drops are a great way to treat your eyes. Eye drops and direct of injection of medicine into your eye are the best ways to treat your eyes. Other methods, such as pill and IV drugs don't work so well.
Ozurdex was FDA approved for retinal vein occlusions. It releases steroids into the eye. It may now be a successful treatment for diabetic macular edema.
Eye drops for macular degeneration? Eye drops for diabetic retinopathy? Everyone wants the magic drop to cure everything. While there are many drops for many diseases, there won't be any for your retina.
Intraocular drug delivery systems are developing to treat diabetic macular edema. Sustained release systems offer hope of long term treatment, compliance and little or no side effects.
There are two types of retinal vein occlusions (RVO), branch retinal vein occlusions (BRVO) and central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). In both of these scenarios, the central vein that drains blood from the retina becomes occluded partially (as in the case of BRVO) or completely...