This chapter discusses drugs used in ophthalmology including drugs used to treat age-related macular degeneration, drugs used to treat allergies, drugs used to treat glaucoma, anti-infectives, antiviral drugs, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, decongestants, miotics, mydriatics and cycloplegics, ...
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs), the class of drugs that are commonly used to treat HIV, have been found to help in preventing this age-related eye condition. This discovery suggests that the drugs may be helpful against dry macular degeneration, even though the virus does not...
Macugen is used to treat patients with the ‘wet’ form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This disease affects the central part of the retina (called the macula) at the back of the eye and causes loss of ‘straight-ahead’ vision. The macula provides central vision that is needed...
Orphan drugs used to treat Gaucher disease include Ceredase (Alglucerase) and Cerezyme (Imiglucerase). 1.3.3 Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system generally characterized by episodes of neurological impairment. MS is not an inherited disease, though...
Byooviz injection is used to treat types of macular degeneration, macular edema and mCNV. Byooviz is an interchangeable biosimilar of Lucentis. Byooviz is a VEGF inhibitor medicine.
Lucentis is used to treat the "wet form" of age-related macular degeneration. Lucentis is also used to treat swelling in the retina caused bydiabetesor by a blockage in the blood vessels. Warnings You should not receive Lucentis if you are allergic to ranibizumab, or if you have any type...
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are increasingly employed in ophthalmology to reduce miosis and inflammation, manage scleritis, and prevent and treat cystoid macular edema associated with cataract surgery. In addition, they may decrease postoperative pain and photophobia associated with refr...
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Eylea, Eylea HD, and Avastin may all be used to treat neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD), as injections into the eye (intravitreal injections). Both Eylea and Eylea HD are FDA-approved for this indication, but use of Avastin is off-label (not an FDA-approved indicati...