25 Feb Eylea Best for Diabetic Macular Edema | Treatment for DME
Eylea, Lucentis and Avastin are compared head to head. Eylea is best for patients with moderate vision loss or worse....
Bevacizumab Tag
15 Nov Still No Iluvien
Alimera Sciences suffers set back with Iluvien. In a complete response letter to the company, the FDA did not approve the device for diabetic retinopathy citing concerns over safety....
18 Oct October is the AAO Meeting
The American Academy of Ophthalmology starts this week. I will be going to learn about the latest in retinal disease, but also will be teaching...
13 Sep Implantable Telescope is Available!
The first implantable telescope for patients with macular degeneration is now available for those eligible patients. Medicare will endorse as of October, 2011....
08 Sep Avastin Does Not Cause Infection
The FDA issued an alert that 12 cases of intraocular infection were linked to Avastin. The infections; however, were linked to a single pharmacy and, perhaps, dirty syringes....
24 Aug FDA Delays Decision on VEGF Trap Eye
VEGF Trap Eye is another anti-VEGF medication to be injected into the eye for the treatment of wet macular degeneration. The FDA did not approve recently, but will reconsider by November!...
05 Jul FDA Upholds Denial of Avastin
Though the FDA upheld its decision no longer approve Avastin for the treatment of breast cancer. The drug is still available for eye patients....
22 Jun Two Lasers for Diabetic Retinopathy
Some patients with diabetic retinopathy require two types of treatment. Should treatment for macular edema precede other treatment?...
31 May Do Avastin Injections Hurt?
Ever had an eye injection that hurt? Intraocular injections of Avastin should not hurt, but if it does, ask your doctor to change the preparation....
10 May Avastin and Lucentis Are Equally Safe, Too.
CATT trial revealed that it appears Avastin is as effective as Lucentis for the treatment of wet ARMD. They are equally safe, too....