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<blockquote data-quote="agwagw" data-source="post: 1633033" data-attributes="member: 415845"><p>I have proliferative diabetic retinopathy and my consultant has done 6 sessions of laser treatment - it is now beginning to remove my peripheral vision due to the scarring.</p><p></p><p>He refuses to allow anti VEGF injections as it is "not approved by NICE for this purpose" - though it is allowed for severe diabetic maculopathy and other proliferative vascular eye problems.</p><p></p><p>A large study in the USA has shown that anti VEGF treatment is much more effective than laser as it allows sight to recover while laser just aims to stabilise at the level when treatment is given.</p><p></p><p>I have asked him to prescribe 'off-label' but he won't. My question is, has anyone been prescribed anti-VEGF injections for diabetic retinopathy? and if so where are you based? (I am in Wales).</p><p></p><p>(For info for those new to the term: anti-VEGF is a monoclonal antibody against Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, it acts by stopping the growth factor that stimulates the damaging blood vessel growth in the eye that causes so many problems)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agwagw, post: 1633033, member: 415845"] I have proliferative diabetic retinopathy and my consultant has done 6 sessions of laser treatment - it is now beginning to remove my peripheral vision due to the scarring. He refuses to allow anti VEGF injections as it is "not approved by NICE for this purpose" - though it is allowed for severe diabetic maculopathy and other proliferative vascular eye problems. A large study in the USA has shown that anti VEGF treatment is much more effective than laser as it allows sight to recover while laser just aims to stabilise at the level when treatment is given. I have asked him to prescribe 'off-label' but he won't. My question is, has anyone been prescribed anti-VEGF injections for diabetic retinopathy? and if so where are you based? (I am in Wales). (For info for those new to the term: anti-VEGF is a monoclonal antibody against Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, it acts by stopping the growth factor that stimulates the damaging blood vessel growth in the eye that causes so many problems) [/QUOTE]
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