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Uveitis specialist treats macular edema with topical difluprednate
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — One uveitis specialist has changed her practice and begun using topical difluprednate as an option for initial therapy for uveitic macular edema. “There are a lot of different options for treating macular edema. We have drops, we have non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drops, we have steroids in many, many forms,” Nisha Acharya, MD, MS, said at Retina 2016. “We know steroids are very effective for both uveitis and for macular edema, but of course they come with known and expected side effects.”