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Br J Ophthalmol 2004;88:312-313
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Are we overlooking the side effects of the drugs in our zeal to conquer ARMD?

  1. U Bhatt
  1. Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Croesnewydd Road, Wrexham LL13 7TX, UK; bhattuday@yahoo.com

      First of all let me congratulate the authors for their work on exudative ARMD. But there are still some issues which need to be brought into account:

      1. Some published studies show that even 4.0 mg of intravitreal triamcinolone has significant side effects in terms of increased IOP and more so for eyes which needed the second dose of the triamcinolone, with a few of them even needing a filtration surgery. In this particular study however 25mg of Triamcinolone has …

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