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ABOUT LUCENTIS

About LUCENTIS® (ranibizumab injection)

LUCENTIS is a prescription medicine for the treatment of patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Macular Edema following Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO). LUCENTIS is an injection given into the eye. Before you get your LUCENTIS injection, your eye will be prepped—or cleaned thoroughly—to help you avoid eye infections. Then your Retina Specialist will numb your eye to limit any discomfort you might feel. Many people who get injections for wet AMD feel some pressure on their eye. Most of the time this pressure is all you will feel. After your Retina Specialist gives you the injection, the pressure should go away.

Important facts about LUCENTIS:

  • It is FDA approved for wet AMD and was developed specifically for use in the eye
  • Efficacy and safety of LUCENTIS was tested in clinical studies of more than 800 people over 2 years
  • In clinical studies, patients treated monthly for up to 2 years saw their vision stabilize or improve. In fact, 9 out of 10 people saw their vision stabilize (which means they lost fewer than 15 letters on the eye chart), and up to 4 out of 10 people saw a 3-line gain on the eye chart (which means they could see an additional 15 letters)

What could LUCENTIS mean for you?

You may be able to improve or maintain your vision—and keep doing the simple things you enjoy. Remember, wet AMD is a chronic condition and there is no cure. But it can be managed with regular treatment with LUCENTIS.

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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.