Patients with age - related macular degeneration who received seven or
more eye injections of the drug bevacizumab annually had a higher risk of having glaucoma surgery, according to a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology.
Not exact matches
They tested it in a rat model of ADRP and found that after 2 to 3 months,
eyes that had been injected with the virus - ribozyme combo contained 30 to 40 %
more rod cells than
eyes that received a dummy
injection.
«Fears of potentially blinding complication from Avastin
eye injections overblown, says study: Insurance claims data hint at higher infection risk for Lucentis, a
more expensive drug.»
Eye injections of the drug Avastin, used to treat retinal diseases, bring no greater risk of endophthalmitis, a potentially blinding
eye infection, than
injections with the much
more expensive drug Lucentis made by the same company, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Slightly
more than half (53 percent) of
eyes in the laser group received Lucentis
injections to treat DME.
Unfortunately,
injections of these drugs can cause high
eye pressure that may lead to glaucoma in some patients or make the control of high
eye pressure
more difficult in others.
Summary: Use of
eye injections of drugs aimed at slowing the growth of abnormal blood vessels in the
eye is becoming
more common for the treatment of individuals with many
eye problems including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal artery or vein blockage.
Last year, the FDA promised to crack down
more harshly on spurious clinics that blinded people with
eye injections of stem cells derived from people's fat.
Second, the researchers observed that the stem cell
injection coaxed the body into producing
more of its own cells in the
eye, which multiplied the therapeutic effect.
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Even when Ravenna is in need of her medieval Botox
injection, she's still far
more attractive than the slack - jawed, sunken -
eyed «Twilight» star.
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More than meets the
eye Hyundai has transformed its ix35 Series II with a localised suspension tune, refreshed direct -
injection petrol engines and a suite of minor cosmetic and equipment tweaks.