Are we overlooking the side effects of the drugs in our zeal to conquer ARMD?(Mailbox)

First of all let me congratulate the authors for their work on exudative ARMD. But there are still some issues which need to be brought into account:

1. Some published studies show that even 4.0 mg of intravitreal triamcinolone has significant side effects in terms of increased IOP and more so for eyes which needed the second dose of the triamcinolone, with a few of them even needing a filtration surgery. In this particular study however 25mg of Triamcinolone has been used which may cause even more increased elevation of IOP. This issue is an important one as many of our ARMD patients have co-existing chronic open angle glaucoma with a compromised blood supply of the …