There is no cure for macular degeneration, meaning treatment is focused on preventing or slowing progression. This involves avoiding risk factors that make the disease worse, like smoking. In the case of wet/neovascular macular degeneration, disease progression can be slowed with drugs called VEGF inhibitors, which are injected into the eye.[1]
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There is no cure for macular degeneration, so treatment focuses on preventing or slowing its progression by avoiding risk factors like smoking. For wet/neovascular macular degeneration, VEGF inhibitors can be injected into the eye to help slow disease progression.