Study: Visual acuity improves in patients with DME on long-term dexamethasone treatment

NEW ORLEANS — Dexamethasone provides long-term vision improvement in patients with diabetic macular edema, according to phase 3 study results, a presenter said here. David S. Boyer, MD, told colleagues at Retina Subspecialty Day preceding the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, “There’s great rationale for using dexamethasone; it helps reduce key factors in pathogenesis of diabetic macular edema: angiogenesis, vascular leakage and inflammation.”

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Study: Visual acuity improves in patients with DME on long-term dexamethasone treatment

NEW ORLEANS — Dexamethasone provides long-term vision improvement in patients with diabetic macular edema, according to phase 3 study results, a presenter said here. David S. Boyer, MD, told colleagues at Retina Subspecialty Day preceding the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, “There’s great rationale for using dexamethasone; it helps reduce key factors in pathogenesis of diabetic macular edema: angiogenesis, vascular leakage and inflammation.”

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