New advances in Geographic Atrophy treatment

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Dr. David Maberley, MD, FRCSC, Ophthalmologist, discusses new treatment advances for geographic atrophy in the eye. For more information on eye conditions please consult with  your local optometrist or ophthalmologist.

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New advances in Geographic Atrophy treatment

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1

There are new treatments for the advanced stages of dry macular degeneration called geographic atrophy.

Explanation:

Treatments for age related macular degeneration are of two forms. There's a treatment for wet macular degeneration and an emerging treatment for geographic atrophy, which is the advanced form of dry macular degeneration.

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Treatments for wet macular degeneration are used to slow the progression of abnormal blood vessels that are growing under the retina. The injections cause the blood vessels to dry up and die.

Explanation:

The treatments for wet macular degeneration have been available for approximately 15 years and are typically medicines that stop the growth of abnormal blood vessels that are growing under the retina. Those vessels are leaky, and they can hemorrhage, and the medicine that are injected typically cause those blood vessels to dry up and die.

3

Injections for wet macular degeneration are given typically twice per month and continue as long as the condition is present..

Explanation:

Treatments for macular degeneration typically is given monthly at the start of a treatment program and then the interval between injections lengthens, as stability is achieved.

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Geographic atrophy is driven by a complex series of inflammatory reactions that occur in the back of the eye and this new generation of medicines help suppress that inflammatory process.

Explanation:

Geographic atrophy is driven by a complex series of inflammatory reactions that occur in the back of the eye and this new generation of medicines help suppress that inflammatory process.

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Treatment of geographic atrophy is done by injection once a month for an unknown period of time.

Explanation:

Because geographic atrophy is a slow, gradual and unrelenting condition, treatment for this type of macular degeneration typically occurs monthly or bimonthly and continues at that same interval into the future period.

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As long as there is central vision to be protected from the advancing geographic atrophy, the injections will likely be continued.

Explanation:

As long as there is central vision to be protected from the advancing geographic atrophy, the injections will likely be continued.

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