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ABOUT AMD|MONITOR YOUR VISION

Monitor your vision with an Amsler grid

If you have AMD, it's important to monitor your vision regularly and notify your eye doctor of any changes. And if you have wet AMD in 1 eye, it's important to carefully monitor the other. That's because there's a 50% chance you will develop AMD in the other eye within 5 years. To check your vision at home, use an Amsler grid. Please check with your Retina Specialist to make sure you are using it correctly.

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How to use the Amsler grid:

The grid should appear to have straight horizontal and vertical lines with a dot in the center. This grid should not appear wavy or blurry.

When doing this test, keep the following in mind:

  • If you normally wear glasses, do so while looking at the grid
  • It's important to test each eye separately
  • Cover the eye you are not using
  • Keep the grid at a normal reading distance—about 14 inches away
  • Make sure you are looking directly at the dot in the center of the grid

Some people like to tape an Amsler grid to the mirror in their bathroom, so they remember to use it every day after they brush their teeth. So be sure to place this Amsler grid in a location in your home where you can check it regularly.


Who is LUCENTIS for?

LUCENTIS® (ranibizumab injection) is a prescription medicine for the treatment of patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Macular Edema following Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO).

What important safety information should I know about LUCENTIS?

LUCENTIS is a prescription medication given by injection into the eye, and it has side effects. Some LUCENTIS patients have had detached retinas and serious infections inside the eye. LUCENTIS should not be used in patients who have an infection in or around the eye or are allergic to LUCENTIS or any of its ingredients.

Although not common, LUCENTIS patients have had eye- and non–eye-related blood clots (heart attacks, strokes, and death).

Some patients have increases in eye pressure within 1 hour of an injection.

Serious side effects include inflammation inside the eye, and rarely, problems related to the injection procedure, such as developing a cataract. These can make your vision worse.

The most common side effects to your eye are increased redness in the whites of your eye, eye pain, small specks in vision, the feeling that something is in your eye. The most common non–eye-related side effects are nose and throat infections, headache, and respiratory (lung) infections.

If your eye becomes red, sensitive to light, painful, or has a change in vision, you should call or visit your eye doctor right away.

For additional safety information, please talk to your doctor and also see the LUCENTIS full prescribing information.