Ophthalmologists, on occasion, take the initiative and the responsibility for prescribing
systemic corticosteroids to patients with vision-threatening ocular inflammatory disorders …

Steroid-induced posterior subcapsular cataracts (PSCs) exhibit three main distinctive
characteristics:(i) association only with steroids possessing glucocorticoid activity,(ii) …

Steroid cataract is a late discovery in the spectrum of maleficent side-effects of corticosteroid
administration. The first awareness must be credited to von Sallmann's group at the NIH in …

Topical ophthalmic, oral, and intravenous corticosteroids have long been associated with
ocular side effects. Recent data suggest that inhaled corticosteroids are also associated with …

The eye is an organ composed of very delicate tissues. Maintenance of optical transparency
is a necessity for its function. The inhibition of inflammatory action is an extremely important …

Few drugs have gained comparable importance, in almost any field of medical therapy, to
corticosteroids. For the ophthalmologist, corticosteroids remain one of the basic therapeutics …

Corticosteroids have been a major therapeutic improvement, particularly in ophthalmology.
Depending on the different therapeutic modalities used, the ophthalmologist will mainly …

Most common side effects of systemic corticosteroids are posterior subcapsular cataract and
glaucoma. There is no way to prevent corticosteroid-induced cataract. The risk of these …

CoRTIcosTEROIDs ARE potentially toxic agents and must be used with great care. In
addition to other effects, they increase the susceptibility to and virulence of infection …

BACKGROUND The adrenal cortex secretes three groups of adrenocortical hormones:(1)
glucocorticoids, eg, cortisone and hydrocortisone;(2) mineralocorticoids, eg, deoxycortisone …