Retina Health Center offers patients first non-surgical treatment for debilitating eye disease
Retina Health Center is now offering Jetrea, a new non-surgical treatment option for patients with symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA), a progressive, debilitating eye disease. Left untreated, VMA may lead to visual distortion, loss in visual acuity and central blindness. Recently approved the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Jetrea is the first drug approved to treat VMA. The medication is injected into the patient’s affected eye once as a single dose. The alternative treatment for VMA is a surgical procedure called a vitrectomy. VMA can contribute to eye problems if the