Elmiron® Linked to Eye Damage
Elmiron® has recently come under fire for its link to serious eye injuries. A recent study showed that about one-quarter of patients who'd taken large amounts of Elmiron had clear signs of eye damage such as:
- Retinal Maculopathy
- Pigmentary Maculopathy
- Macular Degeneration
- Blurred vision
- Distorted vision
- Vision disturbances
- Vision loss
What Is Elmiron® Used For?
Elmiron® is the only drug approved in the United States to treat interstitial cystitis(IC), which causes chronic pain in the bladder and pelvis area. It's estimated that more than 1 million people in the United States, mostly women, have the condition.
Elmiron®, is also known as pentosan polysulfate sodium, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996 and has been used by hundreds of thousands of people for decades.
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