NDAOPHTHALMICSUSPENSION
Approved
Sep 1961
Lifecycle
LOE Approaching
Competitive Pressure
30/100
Mechanism of Action
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Corticosteroids suppress the inflammatory response to a variety of agents and they probably delay or slow healing. Since corticosteroids may inhibit the body's defense mechanism against infection, a concomitant antibacterial drug may be used when this inhibition is considered…
Indications (10)
inflammatory conditions of the palpebralbulbar conjunctivacorneaanterior segment of the globe where the inherent risk of corticosteroid use in certain infective conjunctivitides is accepted to obtain diminution in edemainflammationchronic anterior uveitiscorneal injury from chemicalradiationthermal burnspenetration of foreign bodies