EyeconX Ideas! - Cheaper eye drug may cause vision loss, study says http://ideas.eyeconx.net/story.php?title=cheaper-eye-drug-may-cause-vision-loss-study-says A new study suggests that a drug commonly used to treat a type of age-related macular degeneration may in fact increase the risk of severe side effects, including vision loss.The study, led by Dr. Sanjay Sharma, a professor of ophthalmology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., found that patients who were treated with the drug Avastin had a 12-fold increase in the risk of developing severe inf... Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:38:35 EDT en