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Also known as chloromethyl (8S,9S,10R,11S,13S,14S,17R)-11,17-dihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-3-oxo-7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-6H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-17-carboxylate, 17a-hydroxy-11b-hydroxy-3-oxoandrosta-1,4-diene-17-carboxylic acid chloromethyl ester

Loteprednol (formulated as the ester loteprednol etabonate) is a topical corticosteroid used to treat inflammations of the eye. It is marketed by Bausch and Lomb as Lotemax and Loterex.

Wikidata facts

Mass
394.154701644
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chemical formula
C₂₁H₂₇ClO₅
isomeric SMILES
C[C@]12C[C@@H]([C@H]3[C@H]([C@@H]1CC[C@@]2(C(=O)OCCl)O)CCC4=CC(=O)C=C[C@]34C)O
Commons category
Loteprednol
canonical SMILES
CC12CC(C3C(C1CCC2(C(=O)OCCl)O)CCC4=CC(=O)C=CC34C)O
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Medical uses
  • Contraindications
  • Adverse effects
  • Interactions
  • Pharmacology
  • Mechanism of action
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Retrometabolic drug design
  • Chemistry
  • Chemical synthesis
  • References
  • Further reading

Loteprednol (formulated as the ester loteprednol etabonate) is a topical corticosteroid used to treat inflammations of the eye. It is marketed by Bausch and Lomb as Lotemax and Loterex.

It was patented in 1980 and approved for medical use in 1998. It is available as a generic medication.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “loteprednol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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