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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIt's like an acid trip in one eye! I get monthly injections in my left eye for AMD. When the liquid flows into the

vitreous humor Its like my eye is on its own private acid trip!
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(9,480 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
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(27,413 posts)floaters. I have learned to go home and to bed and sleep it off. When the numbing wears off, the eyes are very uncomfortable.
gave me a script for Erythromycin Ophthalmic Ointment which he puts in my eye after the shot and which I sometimes use after the numbing wears off. It helps with the pain. I need to test this before my next shot but one time I had taken ibuprofen before I went to my appointment and I had a lot less pain.
drmeow
(5,959 posts)on and off for 10 years. My first MD in Arizona would inject them into the top of my eye - and I never saw the liquid flow in. My current MD injects from the bottom of my eye and I get the same effect you do.
Cairycat
(1,851 posts)but only in one eye (it's a miracle the other retina hasn't deteriorated that much yet). I sometimes see the drug go in. It happens a lot more with my current doctor.
What I hate is when there's a bubble and you have this little black dot in your vision for several hours. That's not as trippy.
KatyaR
(3,633 posts)I've just been diagnosed with the beginning stages of MD, and I don't EVER want to have those shots! Even after having cataract surgery and multiple laser procedures.