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Ranibizumab is used to treat neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is a disorder of the retina of the eye that causes blurring of vision or blindness .

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription .

Common Brand Names:

Lucentis

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Treatment Success Rate

Top 5 Communities
Condition Members Success
Macular Degeneration
9
100%
Blindness & Visual Impa...
1
100%
Depression - Teen
1
100%
Pet Bereavement
1
100%
Overall, 100% (12 Members) find Lucentis helpful
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Lucentis Reviews

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Working / Worked
Just started this. Previously had shots of Avastin. Did not get hoped for results there.
Working / Worked
if the lucentis had been available in 2001, my husband would not have lost most of the vision in both eyes.
Working / Worked
No side effects, but the preparation can be very uncomfortable and sometimes downright painful depending upon who administers it...since this is a teaching hospital, the residents practice on me. I had been going to a private practice, which was much easier, but not as thorough, so I changed to my present hospital. It is considered the very best hospital in the U.S., so that's why I'm there, but sometimes long for the cookie cutter treatment of the private practice.
Working / Worked
Getting the Avastin shots every 4 weeks
Somewhat Helpful
The shot was not bad. The first 24 hours is uncomfortable. Do not really know if I had any major side effects. It did start drying up the vessels, vision improved, then at 6 weeks it was worse.
Somewhat Helpful
Prior to that I had a few visudyne treatments with little results.
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Discussions

  1. Advice: question
    The Retina Specialist said The I will not see with left eye every so should i go a head and take the shot call lucentis for two year if it will not he... [More]
  2. Discussion: BAD NEWS ABOUT AVASTIN
    The Gentech Pharmaceutical bloodsuckers are taking Avastin away from ophthalmologists because they aren't making as much on it as they can on Lucentis... [More]
  3. Discussion: A new drug??
    I had Macugen injections for a year. Did nothing. I was offered the Lucentis, but they 1)didn't know if Medicaid would pay for it and expected me to... [More]
  4. Discussion: Treatment for Wet MD with VEGF
    I was asked by one of our members about AVASTIN for Wet MD. Avastin and Lucentis are in a class of drugs known as anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Fac... [More]
  5. Discussion: A new drug??
    Lucentis is a NEW DRUG that is a monthly injection for treating age related macular degeneration...a common cause of blindness in people over age 55. ... [More]

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