I have been in practice for about 17 years. The present treatments for the treatment of macular degeneration are a godsend compared to the standards we used in the 1990's. At that time, laser treatment for wet macular degeneration was our only weapon.............and it was horrible. State of the art treatment in the early 90's involved using a laser to treat the abnormal vessels, or … [Read more...]
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for Macular Degeneration, Obsolete?
August 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Whatever happened to photodynamic therapy? Visudyne®, a form of photodynamic therapy, was one of the first "treatments" for wet, or exudative, macular degeneration and quickly became the treatment of choice. It was approved for the treatment of wet macular degeneration in 2000. The treatment involves infusion of Visudyne® (verteporfin for injection) into the patient, the drug accumulates … [Read more...]
