Hi is Lucentis the same as Avastin in the injections Thanks
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Hi again Caddy45,
In essence Avastin does the same thing as Lucentis and is used worldwide to treat wet macular degeneration and other 'wet' macular type conditions. It is an Anti-VEGF drug. Avastin works out a lot cheaper than Lucentis.
Please see the following links from the Macular Society website, which give more background;
macularsociety.org/about-ma...
macularsociety.org/How-we-h...
I hope that this helps.
Best wishes
Helpline
Macular Society
Hi there. I have had both Avastin and Lucentis injections over the last 3 years and have done much research on both. Basically as the Macular Society says they are basically do the same thing but the as far as i understand the molecules in Lucentis are smaller and so can be absorbed better than Avastin. However this does NOT mean Lucentis is better for all. I responded much better to Avastin than Lucentis. Hope that helps. I have DMO.