Visudyne Injection
Prescription Required
Product introduction
Visudyne Injection is used to treat eye conditions such as wet form of macular degeneration.
Visudyne Injection is administered under the supervision of healthcare professionals. Do not self administer this injection. Inform your doctor before taking this injection, if you have any known allergy to it. The common side effects include injection site reaction (pain, swelling, redness) and visual disturbances.
However, if you experience these side effects for a longer duration or any other symptoms which you think may be due to this medicine, please inform your doctor. Caution is advised for driving after administration of this injection, as side effects may cause difficulty for eyes to concentrate and react.
Visudyne Injection is administered under the supervision of healthcare professionals. Do not self administer this injection. Inform your doctor before taking this injection, if you have any known allergy to it. The common side effects include injection site reaction (pain, swelling, redness) and visual disturbances.
However, if you experience these side effects for a longer duration or any other symptoms which you think may be due to this medicine, please inform your doctor. Caution is advised for driving after administration of this injection, as side effects may cause difficulty for eyes to concentrate and react.
Uses of Visudyne Powder for Injection
Side effects of Visudyne Powder for Injection
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Visudyne
- Eye itching
- Cataract
- High blood pressure
- Injection site reaction
- Visual disturbance
- Conjunctivitis
- Eyelid inflammation
- Decreased vision
- Photosensitivity
- Weakness
- Fever
- Flu-like symptoms
- Eczema
- Gastrointestinal cancer
- Constipation
- Anemia (low number of red blood cells)
- Abnormal liver function tests
- Albumin in urine
- Joint pain
- Sleep disorder
- Cough
- Double vision
- Hearing impairment
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
How to use Visudyne Powder for Injection
Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.
How Visudyne Powder for Injection works
Visudyne Injection accumulates in the abnormal blood vessels and, when stimulated by non-thermal red light in the presence of oxygen, produces highly reactive short-lived singlet oxygen and other reactive oxygen radicals, resulting in local damage to the endothelium and blockage of the vessels.
Safety advice
Alcohol
CAUTION
Caution is advised when consuming alcohol with Visudyne Injection. Please consult your doctor.
Pregnancy
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Visudyne Injection may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
Breast feeding
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Visudyne Injection is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug may pass into the breastmilk and harm the baby.
Driving
UNSAFE
Visudyne Injection may cause side effects which could affect your ability to drive.
It may cause visual disturbances such as abnormal vision, vision decrease, or visual field defects that may interfere with your ability to drive or use machines.
It may cause visual disturbances such as abnormal vision, vision decrease, or visual field defects that may interfere with your ability to drive or use machines.
Kidney
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
There is limited information available on the use of Visudyne Injection in patients with kidney disease. Please consult your doctor.
Liver
CAUTION
Visudyne Injection should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Visudyne Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
All substitutes
For informational purposes only. Consult a doctor before taking any medicines.
No substitutes found for this medicine
Quick tips
- Visudyne Injection is used for the treatment of eye diseases caused by diabetes, macular degeneration and macular swelling.
- It is administered directly into the eyeball by an eye specialist.
- It may cause temporary visual disturbances. Don't drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how Visudyne Injection affects you.
- Inform your doctor if you experience increased eye pain and redness, blurred or decreased vision, or increased sensitivity to light.
- Visudyne Injection is used for the treatment of eye diseases caused by diabetes, macular degeneration and macular swelling.
- It is administered directly into the eyeball by an eye specialist.
- It may cause temporary visual disturbances. Don't drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how Visudyne Injection affects you.
- Inform your doctor if you experience increased eye pain and redness, blurred or decreased vision, or increased sensitivity to light.
Fact Box
Chemical Class
Benzoporphyrin Derivative
Habit Forming
No
Therapeutic Class
OPHTHAL
Action Class
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor for AMD
Interaction with drugs
Taking Visudyne with any of the following medicines can modify the effect of either of them and cause some undesirable side effects
Concurrent use may increase the risk of photosensitivity reaction eliciting symptoms such as burning, itching, and redness.
Be cautious and limit exposure to sunlight for 2-5 days
Concurrent use may increase the risk of photosensitivity reaction eliciting symptoms such as burning, itching, and redness.
Be cautious and limit exposure to sunlight for 2-5 days
Concurrent use may increase the risk of photosensitivity reaction eliciting symptoms such as burning, itching, and redness.
Be cautious and limit exposure to sunlight for 2-5 days
Concurrent use may increase the risk of photosensitivity reaction eliciting symptoms such as burning, itching, and redness.
Be cautious and limit exposure to sunlight for 2-5 days
Concurrent use may increase the risk of photosensitivity reaction eliciting symptoms such as burning, itching, and redness.
Be cautious and limit exposure to sunlight for 2-5 days
Patient concerns
User feedback
What are you using Visudyne Powder for Injection for?
Wet age-relat*
100%
*Wet age-related macular degeneration
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Country of origin: India
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