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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 (wAMD).
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. 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.
Uncommonly, LUCENTIS patients have had serious, sometimes fatal, problems related to blood clots, such as heart attacks or strokes.
Some patients have had increased eye pressure before and within 1 hour of an injection.
Serious side effects include inflammation inside the eye and, rarely, problems related to the injection procedure, such as cataracts. These side effects can make your vision worse.
The most common eye-related side effects are increased redness in the white of the eye, eye pain, small specks in vision, and increased eye pressure. The most common non–eye-related side effects are nose and throat infections, headache, joint pain, and lung/airway infections.
If your eye becomes red, sensitive to light, or painful, or if you have a change in vision, call or visit your eye doctor right away.
For additional safety information, please talk to your doctor and see the LUCENTIS full prescribing information.
MACULAR DEGENERATION
Joan A.'s Story
Joan A.'s husband, John, is living with wet AMD
After John retired, I urged him to start looking after his health. At the time, I was an office manager for a prominent physician and naturally health-conscious. So John started making the rounds of regular physicals, dental appointments, and exercising. In the summer of 2004, he visited an ophthalmologist for a complete eye exam. At the conclusion of the exam, the doctor informed John that he had dry AMD, in both eyes. And there were no symptoms. In a matter of months, he developed wet AMD in his left eye. His right eye was still okay. Suffice it to say, we were very concerned about his future, and we tried to learn as much as we could about scientific advances being made in the control and eventual cure of wet AMD.
“My priority was to help my husband as much as possible.”
John has always been a strong person, and I didn't want this diagnosis to make him feel that he'd lost that. But even so, I couldn't help but be afraid for him. At his worst point, he needed a 7x magnifying glass and a lot of bright light to read the newspaper. I could feel his frustration when he had problems reading or when he tried to explain to our grandson why he was having eye problems.
Thankfully, John has seen improvement since beginning treatment with LUCENTIS. I'm extremely proud of him. He has handled his diagnosis and is managing his life with wet AMD.
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 (wAMD).
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. 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.
Uncommonly, LUCENTIS patients have had serious, sometimes fatal, problems related to blood clots, such as heart attacks or strokes.
Some patients have had increased eye pressure before and within 1 hour of an injection.
Serious side effects include inflammation inside the eye and, rarely, problems related to the injection procedure, such as cataracts. These side effects can make your vision worse.
The most common eye-related side effects are increased redness in the white of the eye, eye pain, small specks in vision, and increased eye pressure. The most common non–eye-related side effects are nose and throat infections, headache, joint pain, and lung/airway infections.
If your eye becomes red, sensitive to light, or painful, or if you have a change in vision, call or visit your eye doctor right away.
For additional safety information, please talk to your doctor and see the LUCENTIS full prescribing information.
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