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What Are The Ingredients In Eye Drops? Steroids?

Hi, I was just wondering about the ingredients in eye drops. The product I am currently using has active ingredients of naphazoline hydrochloride and pheniramine maleate. I was just wondering if either one of these two ingredients are steroids or classified in a family of steroids.
Thu, 27 Feb 2014
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Hello,
Thank you for the query.
First content is naphazoline hydrochloride which is sympathomimetic drug used in eye drops as a decongestant to relieve redness,inflammation,itching etc.Secondly Pheniramine maleate which is an antihistaminic also used to relieve sypmtoms of allergies.
So dont worry neither of these is steroid.
Hope this helps.Thank you.
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What Are The Ingredients In Eye Drops? Steroids?

Hello, Thank you for the query. First content is naphazoline hydrochloride which is sympathomimetic drug used in eye drops as a decongestant to relieve redness,inflammation,itching etc.Secondly Pheniramine maleate which is an antihistaminic also used to relieve sypmtoms of allergies. So dont worry neither of these is steroid. Hope this helps.Thank you.