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DEXTENZA (dexamethasone)
- Post-op ocular inflammation
- Postoperative ocular pain
0.4 mg intracanalicular insert
- Dosage information is not available
- None
Contraindicated
- None
Severe
Moderate
- None
- Amebic infection of the eye
- Herpes simplex dendritic keratitis
- Tuberculosis of the eye
- Vaccinia virus keratitis
Contraindicated
- Fungal infection of eye
- Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
- Ocular hypertension
Severe
Moderate
- Diabetes mellitus
- Krukenberg spindle
- Open angle glaucoma
- Severe myopia
DEXTENZA (dexamethasone)
- Post-op ocular inflammation
- Postoperative ocular pain
- None
- Blurred vision
More Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
- None
- Headache disorder
- Iritis
- Ocular pain
Less Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
Rare / Very Rare
Severe
- Cataracts
- Central serous chorioretinopathy
- Corneal degeneration
- Corneal edema
- Corneal erosion
- Corneal ulcer
- Fungal infection of eye
- Glaucoma
- Globe perforation
- Keratitis
- Ocular hypertension
- Punctate keratitis
- Reduced visual acuity
- Uveitis
- Visual changes
- Visual field defect
Less Severe
- Accommodation disorder
- Allergic dermatitis
- Blepharoptosis
- Chemosis
- Conjunctival hyperemia
- Conjunctivitis
- Dizziness
- Dysgeusia
- Eye tearing
- Foreign body sensation of eye
- Impaired wound healing
- Mydriasis
- Ocular infection
- Ocular irritation
- Ocular itching
- Ocular redness
- Photophobia
- Urticaria
Contraindicated
None
Severe Precaution
None
Management or Monitoring Precaution
Dexamethasone (Ophthalmic)
Safety and efficacy not established.
- 1 Day – 18 Years
- Safety and efficacy not established.
Dexamethasone(ophthalmic)
- Severity Level:
2
- Additional Notes: Insuff human data; animal data sug dev tox
Contraindicated
None
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| None |
Precaution Exists
Dexamethasone
Other corticosteroids excreted in trace amounts, potential for adv effects
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| Evaluate use carefully | Unknown | Not known; no or inclusive data | Other corticosteroids excreted in trace amounts, potential for adv effects |
No Known Risk
None
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| None |
Contraindicated
None
Precaution Exists
Dexamethasone(ophth)
Increased risk of diabetes, cataracts, or glaucoma. Frequent ophthalmic exams recommended.
| Organ / System | HEP | REN | CARD | ENDO | NEURO / PSYCH | PULM |
| Increased Risk / Adverse Effects | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
BEERS: N HEDIS: N STOPP: N
No Known Risk
None
- None
| Post-op ocular inflammation | |
| H57.8 | Other specified disorders of eye and adnexa |
| Postoperative ocular pain | |
| H57.1 | Ocular pain |
| H57.10 | Ocular pain, unspecified eye |
| H57.11 | Ocular pain, right eye |
| H57.12 | Ocular pain, left eye |
| H57.13 | Ocular pain, bilateral |
| 0-9 | A-Z |
|---|---|
| H57.1 | Ocular pain |
| H57.10 | Ocular pain, unspecified eye |
| H57.11 | Ocular pain, right eye |
| H57.12 | Ocular pain, left eye |
| H57.13 | Ocular pain, bilateral |
| H57.8 | Other specified disorders of eye and adnexa |
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