fluorometholone fluorometholone fluorometholone (inn, ban, jan) (brand names efflumidex, flucon, fml forte, fml, others), also known as 6α-methyl-9α-fluoro-11β,17α-dihydroxypregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione, is a synthetic glucocorticoid which is used in the treatment of inflammatory eye diseases. the c17α acetate ester, fluorometholone acetate (brand name flarex), is also a glucocorticoid and is used for similar indications. fluorometholoneclinical dataother names(6s,8s,9r,10s,11s,13s,14s,17r)-17-acetyl-9-fluoro-11,17-dihydroxy-6,10,13-trimethyl-6,7,8,11,12,14,15,16-octahydrocyclopentaphenanthren-3-one ahfs/drugs.commonographmedlineplusa682660pregnancycategory c atc codec05aa06 (who) d07ab06 (who), d07xb04 (who) (combinations), d10aa01 (who), s01ba07 (who)identifiers iupac name (1r,2s,8s,10s,11s,14r,15s,17s)-14-acetyl-1-fluoro-14,17-dihydroxy-2,8,15-trimethyltetracycloheptadeca-3,6-dien-5-one cas number426-13-1 ypubchem cid9878iuphar/bps7079drugbankdb00324 ychemspider9494 yuniisv0csg527lkeggd01367 ychebichebi:31625 nchemblchembl1200600 ncomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid7047435 echa infocard100.006.402 chemical and physical dataformulac22h29fo4molar mass376.468 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles o=c(c)3(o)2(c(o)4(f)/1(\c(=c/c(=o)\c=c\1)(c)c42cc3)c)c inchi inchi=1s/c22h29fo4/c1-12-9-17-15-6-8-21(27,13(2)24)20(15,4)11-18(26)22(17,23)19(3)7-5-14(25)10-16(12)19/h5,7,10,12,15,17-18,26-27h,6,8-9,11h2,1-4h3/t12-,15-,17-,18-,19-,20-,21-,22-/m0/s1 ykey:faozltxflgphng-knaqimqksa-n y ny (what is this?) (verify) most common indication for this drug is seasonal allergic conjunctivitis and other allergies of the eye.