Infection Risk Prompts VA to Drop Avastin
Blinding Eye Infections Linked To Avastin. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will no longer use Avastin to treat age-related, wet macular degeneration until it finishes an investigation into blinding eye infections linked to the treatment. Doctors with the VA are being urged to use Lucentis, another - and more expensive - … [Read more...] about Infection Risk Prompts VA to Drop Avastin
Avastin Eye Treatment Infections
Eye Infections Linked to Avastin Eye Treatment. An off-label use of the cancer drug Avastin has been linked to serious eye infections that, in some cases, have resulted in permanent blindness. All of these eye infections occurred in people who received Avastin injections in the eye to treat wet age-related macular … [Read more...] about Avastin Eye Treatment Infections
Bausch & Lomb recalls eye treatment
Bausch & Lomb Recalls Its Contact Lens Solution Worldwide. Bausch & Lomb said Monday it is permanently recalling its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution worldwide after reports the treatment might trigger a rare eye infection. In a related development, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has found some … [Read more...] about Bausch & Lomb recalls eye treatment
