Need for topical steroids depends on risk factors regimen

Topical steroids can be helpful or harmful, depending on individual risk factors and the type, amount and duration of agent being used, a clinician said.“Steroids can be our friend, and they can be our foe,” Ronald L. Fellman, MD, said during Glaucoma Subspecialty Day preceding the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting in San Diego. “The problem is that the doctor has to balance the friend with the foe.”