{{Short description|Chemical compound}} {{Distinguish|Fluclorolone|Fluocortin}} {{Drugbox | Verifiedfields = changed | verifiedrevid = 461101617 | IUPAC_name = (1''S'',2''R'',8''S'',10''S'',11''S'',13''R'',14''S'',15''S'',17''S'')-8-fluoro-17-hydroxy-14-(2-hydroxyacetyl)-2,13,15-trimethyltetracyclo[8.7.0.0<sup>2,7</sup>.0<sup>11,15</sup>]heptadeca-3,6-dien-5-one | image = Fluocortolone skeletal.svg | image_class = skin-invert-image

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'''Fluocortolone''' is a glucocorticoid<ref name="pmid6054003">{{cite journal | vauthors = Munro DD, Wilson HT, Rhodes EL | title = Comparison of betamethasone 17-valerate ointment with fluocortolone and fluocortolone caproate ointment | journal = British Medical Journal | volume = 4 | issue = 5574 | pages = 275–6 | date = November 1967 | pmid = 6054003 | pmc = 1748932 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.4.5574.275 }}</ref> used in the treatment of several conditions, including hemorrhoids.

It is similar to fluocortin, but with one less carbonyl group.

==See also== * Corticosteroids

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Glucocorticoids}} {{Vasoprotectives}} {{Glucocorticoidics}}

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