Table 1.
Ophthalmic Steroids
Steroid | Commercial Name | Dose | Indication |
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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 |