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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 25.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2020 May 14;15(3):145–157. doi: 10.1080/17469899.2020.1762488

Table 1.

Ophthalmic Steroids

Steroid Commercial Name Dose Indication
TopIcal Ocular Steroids
Dexamethasone Decadron®
Maxidex®
0.1% solution
0.1%suspension
Inflammatory eye diseases, cornea injury, foreign bodies
Difluprednate ophthalmic Durezol® 0.05% emulsion Anterior uveitis, inflammation affecting from of eye, pain following ocular surgery
Fluorometholone ophthalmic Flarex®, Fluor-op®
FML, FML liquifilm, FML Forte
0.1% ointment
0.1% suspension
0.25% suspension
Inflammatory ocular conditions and injury
Loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic Alrex®
Lotemax®
Inveltys ®
0.5% gel
0.1% suspension
0.25% suspension
Inflammation following ocular surgery, seasonal allergy conjunctivitis, ocular inflammation
Medrysone HMS® (no longer available in the US, generic versions may be available) 1% suspension Superficial ocular inflammation, allergic conjunctivitis
Prednisolone acetate ophthalmic Omnipred®
PredForte®
PredMild®
1.0% solution
1.0% suspension
0.12% suspension
Corneal injury, foreign bodies, ocular inflammation
Prednisolone sodium phosphate ophthalmic 0.1% solution Corneal injury, foreign bodies, ocular inflammation
Rimexolone ophthalmic Vexol® 1% solution Anterior uveitis, post-operative inflammation following ocular surgery
Intraocular Steroids
Dexamethasone
Ozurdex ®
Dexycu ®
0.7 mg implant
Injectable suspension
(5 uL of 9% suspension)
Posterior uveitis
Cataract surgery
Triamcinolone acetonide Triesence ®
Trivaris ®
Injectable suspensions
40 or 80 mg/mL
Intraocular inflammation;
Vitrectomy
Fluocinolone acetonide Iluvien®, Yutiq ®, Retisert ® 0.59, 0.19, 0.18 mg implant Macular edema, uveitis