My mother has a dry maculopathy on her left eye and wet maculopathy on her right eye. she took a course of lucentis shots but it did not make a lot of difference. she lives in spain and she would consider coming to usa for treatment, if some treatment is

Your : Your mother may need evaluation by a retinal specialist with appropriate studies (angiograms, etc). Lucentis (ranibizumab) does not work for all forms of amd and she needs to be sure that her form will respond to this drug.

Studies : Studies are ongoing comparing different injections for wet maculopathy in this country, comparing lucentis, (ranibizumab) avastin, and even steroid injections. Have your mother ask if the others are available there. If not, then a visit here might not be a bad idea.

You : You should be aware that the treatment for wet maculopathy with injections require multiple injections. It needs time before any improvement is noticed. If she should come to usa for treatment, understand that she will need multiple injections over many months. In the usa, there have been significant progress in the injectable medicine for wet maculopathy. It was not long ago, we used steroid injections, then we had lucentis, (ranibizumab) now most doctors use avastin. Avastin should be available in spain.