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Has anyone had Ozurdex steroid injection for T2?

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sk147

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Hi

I'm asking on behalf of my mum. She is 64 and has been type 2 diabetic for 20 years.

She has been having eye injections due to fluid in the back of the eyes for many years.

They have tried a new drug for the injection (don't know what it's called, sorry) but they said it's not working properly as after 2 weeks the fluid comes back again.

My mum is having panic attacks and anxiety due to this as it has been 7 weeks since the last appointment and she is having kind of blurry vision in the left eye. She has an appointment this Fri 25/07.

So now they are proposing to do a Ozurdex steroid injection.. has anyone done this? How was it? She is really scared for her vision and eyes.

I've tried to read about Ozurdex online but it can be done for different types of conditions so there's scary stuff from different people, so I wanted to ask if other diabetic patients if they've had it done and their experiences?

Thanks in advance.
 
Sorry to hear about your mum’s anxiety over the injections - perfectly natural given the uncertainty.

We have a few members who have had treatment for their eyes. I can’t recall that specific medication being mentioned, but hopefully someone will be along to share their experiences.
 
Looks like @goodybags has had Ozurdex injections in the past which seem to have helped.

There are some threads/posts you can browse here, which may offer additional information

forum.diabetes.org.uk

Search results for query: Ozurdex

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Ozurdex for some patients can be a very successful treatment (I know a few who had great results)

as you are probably aware there are many different treatments that are currently used to treat those of us who are affected by the effects of various eye related conditions that can affect Diabetics

If she is anxious I would encourage her to talk it through with her eye consultant, I’ve only had one Ozurdex, but having a Ozurdex implant popped into the eye is no more uncomfortable than any of the other injections or treatments your Mum might have previously had over the years

when I had mine done (around this time last year) I was suprised it was just the same experience as the injections I had previously (over the last about 10/11 years) although I think that might’ve been because it was done by the senior Ophthalmologist, who had previously completed many examinations on my eyes but never actually treated them, they use slightly different equipment but the procedure is very similar to the injections she is used to.

I only had the one Ozurdex which for me actually didn’t really help, because the Ozurdex is a capsule that slowly dissipates in the eye, however for me it became dislodged after about 6 weeks,
If I needed another I would have another as it “dislodging” and ending up in the wrong part of the eye is extremely rare, this was then put weight with cataract surgery, I watched a few you tube videos here’s something rather interesting posted by a consultant in the USA he is a EYE Dr /you tuber himself that performs eye surgery and has here a Ozurdex (although for a slightly different Macular condition)
 
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