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If you have an elevated eye pressure due to steroid eye drops, will the eye pressure decrease afterwards?

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Yes.: But elevated eye pressure should be followed by your eye specialist with tonometry even after your stop the eye drops.

Answered 12/9/2013

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Yes: In general, once the drops have worn off (2-7 days), the pressure will return to the levels you had prior to the steroid drops.

Answered 3/12/2017

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