New Drug can Provide Relief for AMD Patients

Researchers at University of Iowa have found that a new drug, Eylea, can be used to ease the leaking and vision problems associated with patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration.

In a study involving 31 AMD patients at the UI Hospitals and Clinics, researchers report that half of the eyes treated with Eylea had reduced fluid after three monthly injections.

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Age related macular degeneration is a disease of the elderly, wherein the macula or the central part of the retina gets affected, leading to loss of vision.

Moreover, in some cases subsequent bimonthly injections with Eylea were deemed as effective as monthly injections of Avastin and Lucentis over a similar time period, meaning fewer visits by patients and less cost.

The patients who tried out Eylea were 79 years old on average and all had undergone eye injections with Avastin and Lucentis, some dozens of times.

The UI study was a pilot, designed to test Eylea's effectiveness in a small cohort for six months.

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People with Best disease may be completely normal or may suffer from blindness in due course.

The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Source-ANI

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