ciclesonide ciclesonide ciclesonide is a glucocorticoid used to treat asthma and allergic rhinitis. it is marketed under the brand names alvesco for asthma and omnaris, omniair, zetonna, and alvesco for hay fever in the us and canada. ciclesonideclinical dataother names(11β, 16α)-16, 17-bis(oxy)]-11-hydroxy-21- (2-methyl-1-oxopropoxy)- pregna-1, 4-diene-3, 20-dioneahfs/drugs.commonographmedlineplusa607008pregnancycategory au: b3 routes ofadministrationnasal inhalationatc coder01ad13 (who) r03ba08 (who)legal statuslegal status au: s4 (prescription only) uk: pom (prescription only) us: ℞-only identifiers iupac name 2- icosa-14, 17-dien-8-yl]- 2-oxoethyl 2-methylpropanoate cas number126544-47-6 npubchem cid6918155iuphar/bps7469drugbankdb01410 ychemspider5293368 yuniis59502j185keggd01703 ychemblchembl1201164 ncomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid9046659 echa infocard100.210.908 chemical and physical dataformulac32h44o7molar mass540.697 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles o=c(occ(=o)25o(o5c14((o)c12c)/3(/c=c\c(=o)\c=c\3cc4)c)c6ccccc6)c(c)c inchi inchi=1s/c32h44o7/c1-18(2)28(36)37-17-25(35)32-26(38-29(39-32)19-8-6-5-7-9-19)15-23-22-11-10-20-14-21(33)12-13-30(20,3)27(22)24(34)16-31(23,32)4/h12-14,18-19,22-24,26-27,29,34h,5-11,15-17h2,1-4h3/t22-,23-,24-,26+,27+,29+,30-,31-,32+/m0/s1 ykey:lukznwivrbclon-gxobdpjesa-n y ny (what is this?) (verify) side effects of the medication include headache, nosebleeds, and inflammation of the nose and throat linings. it was patented in 1990 and approved for medical use in 2005. the drug was approved for adults and children 12 and over by the us food and drug administration in october 2006. it is on the world health organization's list of essential medicines.