Posted on 06/21/2017 6:42:45 PM PDT by Innovative
An experimental drug is showing promise against an untreatable eye disease that blinds older adults — and intriguingly, it seems to work in patients who carry a particular gene flaw that fuels the damage to their vision.
Age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, is the leading cause of vision loss among seniors, gradually eroding crucial central vision. There are different forms but more than 5 million people worldwide, and a million in the U.S., have an advanced type of so-called "dry" macular degeneration that has no treatment. First patients may notice blurriness when they look straight ahead. Eventually many develop blank spots, becoming legally blind.
The experimental drug, lampalizumab, aims to slow the destruction of light-sensing cells in the retina, creeping lesions that characterize the stage of dry AMD called "geographic atrophy." When those cells die, they can't grow back — the vision loss is irreversible.
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I hope it really works and will become available to the public.
“The experimental drug, lampalizumab,”
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That sounds like the first name of an aspiring rappper.
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Another “mab” drug.
Monoclonal antibody (mAb), a molecular component of the vertebrate immune system and a type of biotechnology reagent and medical therapeutic
I’m on one for the treatment of Crohn’s.
Good luck with your treatment.
Thank you.
About 10 months and I’m effectively in remission.
After 20+ years, I’ve been able to get back to a somewhat normal lifestyle.
Just had an infusion today as a matter of fact. Every 2 months.
There are risks but so far they have been worth taking.
My mom had this eye issue in the last two years of her life (she passed at age 90.)
She described the widening “hole’ in her vision as gradually enlarging to the point she could only get around her house by touch and feel...
I’m waiting for them to come up with something to make arms longer.
“I hope it really works and will become available to the public.”
...and it will not cost 325,000 dollars a year.
Marking this thread.
I would like them to come up with something for Dry Eye Disease they CREATED with cataract implants and then Lasix to fix the badly done first implant.
I’ve had the bottom tear ducts cauterized closed, currently in temp uppers to see if they will restore tear film. Meibomian Gland have closed up again, and Medicare/Tricare Life don’t cover opening them. Already ruled out the Restasis due to side effects and BAD REVIEWS, and the new one Xiidra is not covered yet.
They have noting viable for Gastropresis either. Or Intractable PAIN for incurable diseases.
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