Photodynamic Therapy with Verteporfin

• Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin was the first FDA-approved medication treatment of macular degeneration that impacted the growth of the blood vessels. Your doctor injects the verteporfin into your arm and activates the medication with a laser.
  
  

Pegaptinib Injections

• The next approved drug therapy for macular degeneration was pegaptinib, which your doctor injects into the back of your eye every six weeks. This medication can stop the growth of blood vessels.
  
  

Ranibizumab Injections

• Ranibizumab also can halt the growth of the blood vessels and is FDA-approved for injection every four weeks to maintain benefits from the medication.
  
  

Bevacizumab Injections

• Bevacizumab is a colon cancer treatment that is chemically related to ranibizumab and is often used to treat macular degeneration in the same way. However, it has not been FDA-approved for macular degeneration, as of July 2009.
  
  

Steroid Injections

• Some researchers have used different types of steroids as injections into the eye to attempt to stop the leaking of the abnormal blood vessels, but the results of these studies have not been that promising.