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  1. 03-15-2006, 04:42 PM #1
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    Visudyne

    does anybody know anything about visudyne with MDS
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  2. 03-15-2006, 10:25 PM #2
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    Mds?
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  3. 03-16-2006, 02:29 AM #3
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    Are you refering to MDS Laboratories? I don't think they do any kind of medical treatment; just diagnostic lab tests.
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  4. 03-16-2006, 04:11 AM #4
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    Redhot Jumper Visudyne.................................

    Quote Originally Posted by C-10
    does anybody know anything about visudyne with MDS



    myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).


    Visudyne

    Brand Name: Visudyne

    Brand Name:

    Visudyne Active Ingredient:

    verteporfin Strength(s):

    15mg Dosage Form(s):

    Intravenous injection Company Name:

    QLT Photo Therapeutics Inc. Availability:

    Prescription only, professional use only *Date Approved by FDA:

    April 12, 2000*Approval by FDA does not mean that the drug will be immediately marketed and available for consumers at this time.
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  5. 03-16-2006, 04:45 AM #5
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    My actual knowledge of it is limited...but here's what I know...it is a photosensitive dye which is injected into the patient. The dye travels to the eye which is then treated with an appropriate laser to cause photo-excitation of the dye, which then "seals off" leaking retinal capillaries.

    This treatment is used for wet (as opposed to dry) macular degeneration (ARMD). Trouble is, almost 95% of all ARMD is dry...and of the 5% that is wet, only less than 30% are helped by the treatment. "Helped" being defined as the ARMD is slowed down. There are some claims of slight improvement in VA in some patients after treatment, but I have never seen any. Then again, I'm not a retina specialist.
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  6. 03-16-2006, 04:54 AM #6
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    Redhot Jumper Visudyne............

    Here is the website, from above posted link


    http://www.visudyne.com/index.jsp
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  7. 03-16-2006, 08:48 AM #7
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    I was thinking that it might mean myelodyplastic syndrome, but know nothing about any treatments with visudyn for this condition. I would agree with what fjpod said, the wet form of ARMD (or AMD) is the only thing visudyne is used to treat and his explaination is pretty much accurate.
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  8. 03-16-2006, 09:36 AM #8
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    thank thats what I was looking for
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  9. 06-15-2006, 02:02 AM #9
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    kool u got it c-10
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  10. 06-15-2006, 02:42 AM #10
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    Visudyne

    Visudyne (verteporfin for injection) therapy: treat people who suffer from



    >predominantly classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization due to:

    1) presumed ocular histoplasmosis

    2)pathologic myopia

    3)age-related macular degeneration.



    The usage and specific warnings and precautions are listed in the following site:

    http://www.drugdelivery.ca/s31001-s-VISUDYNE-FLCON.aspx



    Hope this helps you, C-10!!
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