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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).
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. LUCENTIS is not for everyone. You should not use LUCENTIS if you have an infection in or around the eye or are allergic to LUCENTIS or any of its ingredients.
Some LUCENTIS patients have serious side effects related to the injection. These include serious infections inside the eye, detached retinas, and cataracts. Other uncommon serious side effects include inflammation inside the eye and increased eye pressure. These can make your vision worse. Some patients have increases in eye pressure within 1 hour of an injection. Your eye doctor should check your eye pressure and eye health during the week after your LUCENTIS injection.
Although not common, LUCENTIS patients have had eye- and non–eye-related blood clots (heart attacks, strokes, and death).
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.
The most common side effects to your eye are increased redness in the whites of your eye, eye pain, small specks in vision, and 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.
LUCENTIS is for prescription use only.
For additional safety information, please talk to your doctor and see the LUCENTIS full prescribing information.
Jan G.'s Story
Jan G.'s husband, Jim, is living with wet AMD
One thing I never had to worry about was my husband taking care of himself. He had regular doctor exams every year—including eye exams. Jim had an extra amount of concern for his eyes because for many years his mother had dealt with what we called an “eye problem” that caused her to be partially blind. Though I knew very little about it, I knew my husband's concern was that this mysterious disease, which we eventually learned was called macular degeneration, might be hereditary. For my husband, eye exams were a must.
“When my husband complained that his right eye was bothering him, my first thought was that he needed new glasses.”
In September 2002, we were both busy making last-minute preparations for a much-needed vacation, when my husband decided that he had to see his eye doctor the day before we left town. I knew for him to fit a trip to the eye doctor into his already hectic day meant it had to be urgent, but I also knew how cautious Jim was with his eyes. So even when he called to tell me that the optometrist was sending him directly to a Retina Specialist, I was still thinking positively.
He'd received a firm diagnosis of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from the Retina Specialist. What was my response? We still went on our vacation, and I tried to put it out of my mind. I think that's called denial. But now we both have a better understanding of the disease and how LUCENTIS is able to help him maintain his vision.
As a caregiver, I'm always there to help out. I'm still in the process of learning how best to support my husband when he needs me, and back off when he doesn't. I'm still adjusting to the bright lights around the house, and there are lots of them! But we've joined a fitness club and look forward to taking more vacations.
Please see important safety information below.
Who is LUCENTIS for?
LUCENTIS® (ranibizumab injection) is a prescription medicine for the treatment of patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).
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. LUCENTIS is not for everyone. You should not use LUCENTIS if you have an infection in or around the eye or are allergic to LUCENTIS or any of its ingredients.
Some LUCENTIS patients have serious side effects related to the injection. These include serious infections inside the eye, detached retinas, and cataracts. Other uncommon serious side effects include inflammation inside the eye and increased eye pressure. These can make your vision worse. Some patients have increases in eye pressure within 1 hour of an injection. Your eye doctor should check your eye pressure and eye health during the week after your LUCENTIS injection.
Although not common, LUCENTIS patients have had eye- and non–eye-related blood clots (heart attacks, strokes, and death).
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.
The most common side effects to your eye are increased redness in the whites of your eye, eye pain, small specks in vision, and 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.
LUCENTIS is for prescription use only.
For additional safety information, please talk to your doctor and see the LUCENTIS full prescribing information.
This site is intended for US residents only.
