Eylea
Active Ingredient(s): AfliberceptFDA Approved: * November 18, 2011
Pharm Company: * REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS
Category: Vision / Eye Health
* This drug may consist of multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or distributors. If applicable, they would be listed below under "NDC Database Records".
Eylea Overview
Aflibercept, sold under the brandname Eylea and Zaltrap, is a medication used to treat wet macular degeneration and metastatic colorectal cancer. It was developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and is approved in the United States and Europe.[2][3] It is an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).[4][5] Contents 1 Medical use 2 Contraindications 3 Adverse effects 4 Interactions 5 Mechanism of action 6 Composition 7...
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Eylea injection
Has anyone experienced loss of smell and taste since getting injections? ## What did your retinal specialist say about the cause of loss of smell and taste? Were you on Lucentis or Avastin before the start of Eylea? ## I haven't been able to find any information that lists such symptoms as being known side effects of this medication, but it's very difficult to know how any drug will affect any given person that takes it. Have you contacted your doctor about it? Learn more Eylea details here. ## I have been having inj's. for amd since Oct 2010. First Lucentic for about a year, then Avastin. I have now had about 26 inj's. of eyelia. I lost my sense of smell in 2015 and saw ent specialists. I had a CT scan and an MRI scan but nothing found. The specialist put it down to a v...
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Has anyone experienced loss of smell and taste since getting injections? ## What did your retinal specialist say about the cause of loss of smell and taste? Were you on Lucentis or Avastin before the start of Eylea? ## I haven't been able to find any information that lists such symptoms as being known side effects of this medication, but it's very difficult to know how any drug will affect any given person that takes it. Have you contacted your doctor about it? Learn more Eylea details here. ## I have been having inj's. for amd since Oct 2010. First Lucentic for about a year, then Avastin. I have now had about 26 inj's. of eyelia. I lost my sense of smell in 2015 and saw ent specialists. I had a CT scan and an MRI scan but nothing found. The specialist put it down to a v...
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Possible Dosages for this and Related Drugs:
Aflibercept
- Injection: 40mg/ml
NDC Database Records for Eylea: (1 result)
Sorted by National Drug Code- 61755-005 Eylea 40 mg/ml Intravitreal Injection, Solution by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Other drugs which contain Aflibercept or a similar ingredient: (3 results)
- AFLIBERCEPT
- ZALTRAP Ziv aflibercept1 discussion
- ZIV AFLIBERCEPT
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Eylea injection
Has anyone experienced loss of smell and taste since getting injections? ## What did your retinal specialist say about t... 7 replies
Has anyone experienced loss of smell and taste since getting injections? ## What did your retinal specialist say about t... 7 replies