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Macugen
Identifier
019489
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Pegaptanib sodium injection (brand name Macugen) is an anti-angiogenic medicine for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Side effects
Common side effects of pegaptanib include
- Anterior chamber inflammation
- Raised intraocular pressure
- Punctate keratitis (small marks on the surface of the eye)
- Vitreous floaters (small particles or spots in the vision)
- Retinal damage (extremely adverse)
- Endophthalmitis (an infection inside the eye)
- Vitreous haemorrhage (bleeding inside of the eye)
On Jan, 6, 2016: 552 people reported to have side effects when taking Macugen. Among them, 1 people (0.18%) has Hallucination.
On Dec, 20, 2015: 552 people reported to have side effects when taking Macugen. Among them, 23 people (4.17%) have Death.
Time on Macugen when people have Death :
< 1 month | 1 - 6 months | 6 - 12 months | 1 - 2 years | 2 - 5 years | 5 - 10 years | 10+ years | |
Death | 30.77% | 30.77% | 38.46% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
The source of the experience
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Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Overloads
Eye diseaseEye disease treatments
Eye disease treatments - macular degeneration