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Marvell3 Jan 2011
Prednisolone is a steroid medicine. It prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation.
Prednisolone ophthalmic (for the eyes) is used to treat eye swelling caused by allergy, infection, injury, surgery, or other conditions.
Please see the link below for known side effects of Pred Mild (prednisolone) eyedrops. These would be the risks of long term use of Pred Mild. Perhaps very long term use would highly likely result in cataract formation and perhaps glaucoma.
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