Macular degeneration injections; painful?

I'm on year 4 with wet ARMD, pretty much with monthly injections of Eylea. I also had to go to John's Hopkins (Wilmer Eye Institute) for PDT treatments. I've learned each doctor has their own protocol - for instance, my regular retinal specialist uses numbing drops, a numbing injection, and the Eylea injection. The doc at Wilmer uses a numbing gel and the Eylea shot (no numbing injection).

One additional comment - each person's pain tolerance is different, so in my opinion, asking a group of folks if something hurts won't answer if it will hurt YOU. Good luck with your treatment. I've gone as long as 10 months without an injection, but now I'm back on monthly injections again. Sigh... it's a frustrating disease!

No .Shots in your eye do not hurt at all. Your doctor will put multiple eye drops in your eye to numb it before the injection. Don't be afraid.Its painless. I have had three shots in my right eye.No pain.

These injections are not painful at all. The do use numbing drops. The only thing you feel is a bit of pressure, no pain. You do feel like your eyes/eye is the irritated for a few hours afterwards. Use Tears to keep moisture in eyes. I go to retina doc once a month but seems I need injection every other month. I am given Avastin. There is a class action lawsuit against 3rd party packaging of this drug. Google it for more information. I hope my answer helps you.

I have been receiving injections monthly for a year for macular degeneration. My retina specialist is awesome! I have never felt anything at all during injections. Immediately following the visit I take two Tylenol and use Systane eye drops. My eye is sometimes a little sore for about 48 hours but easily relieved with Tylenol. I use Systane 2 or 3 times a day every day. I have low tolerance for pain so I could never endure this if it hurt! I get numbing drops two times, then a numbing injection which I do not feel, then the injection itself. I hope this helps you decide to fight this terrible disease. Good luck!

They will use special numbing drops before the injection. It will be the same kind of numbing drops they use before LASIK surgery so you wont feel anything except, maybe, some pressure, but no pain. There is very little "post injection pain" so no worries there. As far as length of time to get them, it depends on which drug they are using.