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| - Verteporfin, otherwise known as benzoporphyrin derivative (trade name Visudyne®), is a medication used as a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy to eliminate the abnormal blood vessels in the eye associated with conditions such as the wet form of macular degeneration. Verteporfin accumulates in these abnormal blood vessels and, when stimulated by nonthermal red light with a wavelength of 693 nm in the presence of oxygen, produces highly reactive short-lived singlet oxygen and other reactive oxygen radicals, resulting in local damage to the endothelium and blockage of the vessels. (en)
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http://linked.open...generalReferences
| - # Chan WM, Lim TH, Pece A, Silva R, Yoshimura N: Verteporfin PDT for non-standard indications--a review of current literature. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2010 May;248(5):613-26. Epub 2010 Feb 17. "Pubmed":http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20162298 # Nowak-Sliwinska P, Karocki A, Elas M, Pawlak A, Stochel G, Urbanska K: Verteporfin, photofrin II, and merocyanine 540 as PDT photosensitizers against melanoma cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Oct 20;349(2):549-55. Epub 2006 Aug 22. "Pubmed":http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16945338 (en)
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| - approved (en)
- investigational (en)
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http://linked.open...drugbank/halfLife
| - Following intravenous infusion, verteporfin exhibits a bi-exponential elimination with a terminal elimination half-life of approximately 5-6 hours. Mild hepatic insufficiency increases half-life by approximately 20%. (en)
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http://linked.open...ugbank/indication
| - For the treatment of patients with predominantly classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration, pathologic myopia or presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome. Verteporfin can also be used to destroy tumors. (en)
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http://linked.open...mechanismOfAction
| - Verteporfin is transported in the plasma primarily by lipoproteins. Once verteporfin is activated by light in the presence of oxygen, highly reactive, short-lived singlet oxygen and reactive oxygen radicals are generated. Light activation of verteporfin results in local damage to neovascular endothelium, resulting in vessel occlusion. Damaged endothelium is known to release procoagulant and vasoactive factors through the lipo-oxygenase (leukotriene) and cyclo-oxygenase (eicosanoids such as thromboxane) pathways, resulting in platelet aggregation, fibrin clot formation and vasoconstriction. Verteporfin appears to somewhat preferentially accumulate in neovasculature, including choroidal neovasculature. However, animal models indicate that the drug is also present in the retina. As singlet oxygen and reactive oxygen radicals are cytotoxic, Verteporfin can also be used to destroy tumor cells. (en)
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http://linked.open...outeOfElimination
| - Elimination is by the fecal route, with less than 0.01% of the dose recovered in urine. (en)
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http://linked.open.../drugbank/synonym
| - Verteporfin (en)
- Verteporfina (en)
- Verteporfinum (en)
- Vertéporfine (en)
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http://linked.open...drugbank/toxicity
| - Overdose of drug and/or light in the treated eye may result in nonperfusion of normal retinal vessels with the possibility of severe decrease in vision that could be permanent. An overdose of drug will also result in the prolongation of the period during which the patient remains photosensitive to bright light. (en)
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http://linked.open...bank/Refractivity
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http://linked.open.../affectedOrganism
| - Humans and other mammals (en)
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