OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING STEROID AND CYCLOSPORINE FOR DRY EYE THERAPY

摘要

The invention comprises a method of treating dry eye in a patient in need of such treatment. The treatment comprises administering to a patient in need thereof an ophthalmic pharmaceutical composition comprising a corticosteroid and cyclosporine. In a further embodiment of the invention the corticosteroid is loteprednol etabonate. In yet a further embodiment of the invention the cyclosporine is present in the ophthalmic composition as either a natural or synthetic cyclosporine.