Visudyne Patient Education Materials

Providing patients with as much information as possible about Visudyne therapy is an important part of managing their expectations and ensuring that all patients feel comfortable enough to proceed with proper therapy requirements and precautions. In this process, then, patients need to understand:

• What is likely to happen, when it is likely to happen, and what to expect
• What protective clothing to bring and when
• Visudyne therapy slows or stops vision loss, but it is unlikely to restore vision that has already been lost
• Visudyne therapy consists of multiple treatments

There are a variety of materials available to help educate patients and answer their questions about Visudyne therapy.

• To view Patient Education materials, click here
• To view A Patient's Guide to AMD and Visudyne Therapy brochure, click here
• To view or download the Visudyne Patient FAQs, click here

Patient education is an important part of the Visudyne experience; there is an opportunity for "face to face" time spent with patients—explaining the wet AMD disease process, treatment options, and appropriate expectations. Often, discussions need to be repeated—sometimes even at every patient visit.

Materials for Patient Education

Materials available for patient education include:

• Physician Counseling Tool
• A Patient's Guide to Visudyne
• Patient Information Folder—Post-Op Instructions, information on AMD and Visudyne

Customize mySight Newsletters and Therapy Diary with your name and office address

To make things easier, mySight now requires no enrollment, and your patients can access these patient-friendly materials in one of two ways:

1. Patients and their caregivers can always access mySight support materials in the patient area of www.visudyne.com
2. If you prefer to customize the materials with your name and office address, you can click on the Practice Tools link below, then download, customize, and print the materials to distribute through your office.

Please remind patients and their caregivers about these valuable materials that can help guide and support them in the fight against their disease.

Protocol for Distributing Patient Education Materials

• The above-mentioned materials contain the information patients need to understand AMD and PDT treatment as well as Informed Consent forms and posttreatment instructions
• By using additional PDT written materials, you can reinforce the patient's and caregiver's understanding of AMD, Visudyne, commitment to therapy, and appropriate expectations regarding potential outcomes