Many different types of medicines can be injected into the vitreous. Examples include:
Ranibizumab (Accentrix): used for wet macular degeneration
Bevacizumab (Avastin): Off-label use in wet macular degeneration, diabetic maculopathy and retinal vein occlusions
Triamcinolone: used in diabetic maculopathy, post-operative cystoid macular oedema and inflammatory eye diseases
Antibiotics: used in severe infections of the eye.
Ozurdex – (Sustained release steroids )Used for severe cases of macular edema.