Right now, people affected by retinal vein occlusion (RVO) are typically prescribed injections of a vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor (anti-VEGF) into their eye.
are typically prescribed injections of a vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor into their eye.
Experiments on mice conducted by researchers at Columbia University and Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in the US suggest this uncomfortable and slightly scary treatment could one day be replaced with eye drops. RVO occurs when a vein in the eye's retina gets blocked, leading to swelling, inflammation, damage to the retina, and even vision loss, depending on the severity of the problem.have been shown to reduce swelling and improve vision. Not only does it require a thin hypodermic to be inserted into the eye to work, however, the injections aren't always effective at treating RVO.
The daunting prospect of an eye injection tends to mean people put off treatment too, which can mean the problem then gets worse.In the laboratory tests, eye drops containing an experimental drug were found to be twice as effective in mice as standard anti-VEGF injections when it came to reducing RVO swelling and improving blood flow in the retina.
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