Ocular insert housing steroid in two different therapeutic forms

Claim 1

An ocular therapeutic insert sized, shaped and adapted for easy insertion and comfortable retention in an eye, the insert comprising a reservoir formed of non-toxic polymer, and a medication in the reservoir, said medication comprising a dosage amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable steroid selected from the group consisting of corticosteroids, glucocorticoid and antiinfammatory steroids, said steroid present in the insert in two different pharmaceutic and chemical forms selected from an alcohol and ester, alcohol and ether, ester and ether, acetal and ester and ester and ester, that are dispensed from the insert in a therapeutically effective amount to the tear fluid, with the amount of one form of the steroid dissolved in the fluid being independent of the amount of the different form of the same steroid dissolved in the fluid and their rate of penetration into eye tissue, which leads to a therapeutic and beneficial effect over a prolonged period of time.