Corticosteroids have been used in clinical practice since 1949, and their potential beneficial effects in Ophthalmology, including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, are now a fact. Nowadays, these steroids are used, systemically or locally, to treat a constellation of eye diseases. This article considers the most used corticosteroids in Ophthalmology, their indications, their side effects, and routes of administration.
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