New Treatments Available?

[jj0992]

Hello,

Visited with my Retina Specialist, which I see every 6 months.  Of the numerous things going with my right eye, the main issue I think is the Macula Edima, which is distorting my vision. He feels that the degeneration may have come to a Plateau, as there was no change that he could see looking into my eye and the images they had taken.  He does not want to do any surgery at this time, as it may create more issues than it could fix and we are now watching and waiting to see what may change.  He did mention at one time there was a drug company trying to make something that would focus on the swelling to dissipate it,   So I thought I would ask here is there is anything new under the sun?  Here is the detailed list from last visit with my regular eye DR.
Myopic choroidal neovascular membrane right eye
epiretinal membrane right eye
Macular edema right eye secondary to epiretinal membrane
posterior vitreous detachment right eye
Ocular hypertension right eye
Degenerative Myopia Progressive Right Eye with thickening and scar tissue in macula right eye

Thank You,

John

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

There are several products on the market, all are injected into the ey.  One are steroid pellets, the other are called VEGF inhibitors. There are several brands available including Avastin and Lucentis and Eylea.  You would have to ask the retina surgeon

[jj0992]

Thank you for the response.  I know early  on we tried drops, but all that did was create pressure problems. He has not mentioned any injections to this point and has always talked about the repair needing to be a surgical procedure that at this time could do more harm than good.  I will look into this and bring it up on the next visit.

Thank You

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

"repaire' is surgery to remove the ERM (membrane) the injections are for the swelling (edema)   edema due to ERM is not very responsive to any type of medicine till surgically removed.