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fluorometholone (FML)
Tradenames: FML.
Dosage: ophthalmic: 1 drop every 1-6 hours
Ointment: 0.1% (3.5 g)
Suspension: 0.1% (5 mL, 10 mL), 0.25% (5 mL, 10 mL, 15 mL)
Adverse effects:
1) not common (1-10%)
- blurred vision
2) uncommon (< 1%)
- stinging, burning, increased intraocular pressure, open-angle glaucoma, defect in visual acuity, decrease in field of vision, cataracts
Laboratory:
- fluorometholone in serum/plasma
- fluorometholone in urine
Interactions
drug interactions
drug adverse effects (more general classes)
monitor with drug (more general classes)
General
glucocorticoid
Properties
MISC-INFO: pregnancy-category C
safety in lactation ?
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM correlations
References
- The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed.
Gilman et al, eds. Permagon Press/McGraw Hill, 1996
- Kaiser Permanente Northern California Regional Drug
Formulary, 1998
Component-of
fluorometholone/sulfacetamide
fluorometholone/tobramycin