(Adnkronos) - Nella somministrazione di aflibercept 8 mg “c’è un distanziamento anche di 5 mesi” tra un’iniezione e l’altra. Questo vuol dire tanto per il paziente: stare bene, vedere bene, non vivere la frequenza della ‘violenza’ dell'iniezione e non avere gli effetti collaterali dell'iniezione, in quanto un conto è farne 12, un conto è farne 2” all’anno. “Più si abbassa il numero, più si riduce la statistica” anche “dell'evento avverso”. Sono le parole di Massimo Ligustro, presidente del Comitato Macula, la prima associazione italiana di pazienti affetti da maculopatie o retinopatie, in occasione dell’incontro dal titolo “Una nuova opportunità per la gestione della maculopatia” organizzato da Bayer a Milano.
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00:00Today is a great day, it is a great day, because finally, thanks to the sacrifice, the research,
00:12the time that a company has spent, we have a drug at our disposal that will be able to
00:21dilate in time the treatments that we patients need.
00:28What is the treatment? It consists of an intravitreal injection, for the user it means an eye injection.
00:35Well, today, up to today, the products often reached the month and a few days,
00:45after which the efficiency, or rather the visual acuity, began to decline.
00:52You must understand that in a year, doing 12 injections in the eye is a massacre.
00:58First, because you see it, because it hurts you, second, because they often have to accompany you,
01:06third, because all of Italy talks about waiting lists, and you understand well that if I have 12 times,
01:13I stay in the hospital, in addition you also have to do some check-up before doing the injection,
01:17so it is likely that I will become 24, think about it, on a single level, I go 24 times.
01:25This drug allows a distance of even 5 months.
01:31Well, this means a lot for the patient, to stay well, to see well,
01:38not having and not experiencing the frequency of the injection's violence.
01:45It also means not having the side effects of the injection,
01:50because, forgive me, one count is to do 12, one count is to do 2.
01:55The lower the number, the lower the statistic of bad luck or adverse event.
02:02Last but not least, I lower the waiting list and I lower the cost because I come less.
02:08So, if they gave us the possibility to reach all the patients with these new and innovative drugs,
02:16we would all be better and the State would also save by maintaining efficiency.