23 Dec New Macular Degeneration Drug on the Horizon
Ophthotec announces potential for new macular degeneration treatment. Their anti-PDGF treatment may be better than anti-VEGF alone....
Ophthotec announces potential for new macular degeneration treatment. Their anti-PDGF treatment may be better than anti-VEGF alone....
Avastin, Lucentis and Macugen are effective treatments for wet macular degeneration. I prefer to using Avastin and begin treatment with a series of 3 injections. Other retina specialists practice similarly....
Lucentis is the second anti-VEGF drug FDA approved for the treatment of wet macular degeneration. It is an effective treatment for wet macular degeneration. The formulation differs from Macugen and Avastin as do the visual results....
Small study reports that diabetic macular edema is better treated with intraocular injections of anti-VEGF medications. These small studies aren't large enough to change practice habits, but do have some merit....
Surmodics announces agreement with Genentech/Roche to combine proprietary drug delivery system with Lucentis (ranibizumab) for the treatment of wet macular degeneration....
Part 2 of the comparison between these two potentially blinding diseases. Few persons have either disease....
Patients with diabetes get cataracts earlier than non-diabetics, but remember everyone gets cataracts. When is the right time for patients with diabetes and cataracts to have cataract surgery?...
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...
Macular Degeneration Cases to Explode. Use of Eye Vitamins May be Helpful....