fluticasone and Macular-Degeneration

Triamcinolone is a commonly used synthetic corticosteroid that has recently been tested in a large clinical trial for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and shown to have some benefits. To our knowledge, there are no reviews of the pharmacotherapy of triamcinolone. This review has a brief overview of the pharmacology of triamcinolone, followed by a discussion of the clinical trials with triamcinolone. Triamcinolone is used in the treatment of respiratory inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis and a variety of other inflammatory conditions.

Topics: Administration, Intranasal; Adult; Aerosols; Androstadienes; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Astemizole; Asthma; Child; Clinical Trials as Topic; Conjunctivitis, Allergic; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fluticasone; Humans; Injections, Intramuscular; Loratadine; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Macular Degeneration; Molecular Structure; Nasal Mucosa; Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial; Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal; Structure-Activity Relationship; Triamcinolone