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War on diabetes: An Inside look
Better ways to treat diabetic eye diseases
Oral drug and eye injections effective against diabetic retinopathy and macular oedema
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Felicia Choo
In addition to better screening, there are now more effective treatment options for diabetic eye diseases, particularly diabetic retinopathy and macular oedema.
Since last year, the oral drug Fenofibrate has been prescribed to patients who are in the middle stage of any diabetic eye disease to slow it down.
