We Could Prevent More Blindness at Lower Cost in Diabetes
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Almost 8 million Americans have diabetic eye disease. This is an increasing problem which almost doubled over a decade. The most common treatment for serious diabetic eye disease is an injection into the eye once a month. These shots may cost as much as $1800 each, just for the medication. Advanced diabetic eye disease is very expensive for patients who usually have multiple other problems and other expensive medications.
We Could Prevent More Blindness at Lower Cost in Diabetes
We Could Prevent More Blindness at Lower Cost…
We Could Prevent More Blindness at Lower Cost in Diabetes
Almost 8 million Americans have diabetic eye disease. This is an increasing problem which almost doubled over a decade. The most common treatment for serious diabetic eye disease is an injection into the eye once a month. These shots may cost as much as $1800 each, just for the medication. Advanced diabetic eye disease is very expensive for patients who usually have multiple other problems and other expensive medications.