PULMICORT Reviews (BUDESONIDE)Average Rating: 2.5 (174 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PULMICORT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PULMICORT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | active airway disease | Depression, lost appetite, aggressive, sensitive, tired, not motivated, | My toddler 31/2 years old, had this problem before with flovent. He stop growing for a year and stop eating. The doctors told us that this will not happen again but I think that it is worse he is very aggressive, I can hardly recognized my son. He cries for everything, he lose interest in everything. | F | 2 months | 4/28/2008 | 2 | Upper Respiratory Issue | 4 yr old son, not sleeping at night, extremely irritable, did not help with breathing issues, aggressive, unable to focus on directions, appetite decrease, some vomitting | M | 21 days | 12/18/2006 | 2 | asthma | distrurbed sleeping pattern, too much urination, wetting himself. | thanks to those comments they solved the mystery his teacher was asking me why did he suddenly had no controle over urination now i know whats wrong!!!my son is three and he's been potty trained more than a year ago and i was shocked he was wetting himself again and his sleeping is very disrupted. he's been on and off pulmicort since he was one year old , but new symptoms came up this time only three days after inhaling it ONCE a day. | F | 3 days | 10/26/2008 | 1 | asthma | steroid psychosis, hallucinations, delusions, severe insomnia, high blood pressure | very dangerous drug. caused steroid psychosis and delusions (of grandeur) which put me in the mental hospital for 5 weeks. I was very nearly shot and killed by the police because of the delusions. I have been on disability for many months because of this dangerous drug. Apparently, this is a rare side effect, but if you get it, it can change your life. Be very careful! | M | 1 days | 6/17/2007 | 1 | asthma | moody, depressed, skin infection, weight gain | I didn't notice these things until about a year after taking Pulmicort. First I got a skin infection and it wouldn't go away, and next I gained a whole lot of weight. Finally I was very depressed and moody and just feeling bad for about two hours. I cheered up after the two hours, then when I took pulmicort again it started again. I take it twice a day, and it has helped with my coughing, but I still had to take additional medicine to help control my breathing. | F | 2 years | 7/7/2008 | 3 | Wheezing | My 11 month old daugther was prescribed Pulmicort to help her wheezing casued by RSV. The wheezing was cleared up within the first week however her face broke out in a rash, her appetite decreased TREMENDOUSLY, and she never slept through the night when taking this medication and she had been sleeping throught the night since she was one month of age. | Pulmicort was excellent for stopping the wheezing symptoms in my 11 month old daughter, however I'm not sure if it was worth the rash, the loss of appetite, and numerous sleepless nights. consider alternatives before using this on young child.... | F | -1 | 3 weeks | 9/26/2006 | 3 | asthma caused by reflux | poor sleep, irritated eyes (from nebulizer) after each use | My 8 week old son was started on Pulmicort and Albuterol to treat an asthma like condition caused by reflux. The Albuterol seems to help the most. I stopped the Pulmicort on my own 3 weeks ago (after 6 months of treatment). Sleep has improved. | M | 0.9 | 6 months | 1/19/2009 | 4 | wheezing, bronchiolitis, pneumonia | none | Seems to have really helped my 5month old after multiple bouts of bronchiolitis and wheezing; when we tried to wean he develped pneumonia so we went back on, now I'm afraid to wean it again, not sure if it's coincidence or it's keeping the inflammation at bay...... sleeps through the night and very mellow baby, no change | M | 1 | 6 weeks .25mg 2X day | 2/20/2010 | 3 | Recurring Bronchiolitis | Irritability, eating excessively, First couple of days he slept 3-4 hours per day. My child is turning into a monster on this medications. He is 9months old and will be on it for 2 months, but I am not sure I can cope with the tantroms that he has started throwing. Usually, he is a mild tempered baby, but since being on this medication a couple of days, he cries excessively. | M | 1 | 4 days | 4/29/2008 | 3 | respiratory illness | Severe mood swings, Sleep issues, constantly hungry. | 18 month old daughter has been on pulmicort twice a day for a week due to respiratory illness and has displayed severe mood swings, sleep issues such as waking at 4am instead of 7 and she is constantly hungry. But the meds are working and make her breathe much more easily. | F | 1 | 7 days | 5/19/2009 | 3 | Cough, wheezing, congestion | None. | My 12-month-old son was started on Pulmicort due to persistent cough, wheezing, and congestion. He takes this twice per day along with albuterol. The albuterol does help his wheezing. I have not noticed a big improvement with the Pulmicort and will be discontinuing it soon, but we saw no side effects from this medicine. | M | 1 | 4 weeks | 12/2/2009 | 1 | Asthma | We are in Delaware. My son started taking Pulmicort since April as he was diagonized with Asthma and since then he has been throwing up. He is also on another drug Zantac for reflux. Last week the Dr has asked us to stop all medication and for the last 2 days he has been lively. Will update soon if Pulmicort was the problem | M | 1 | 4 months | 8/20/2008 | 1 | eosinophilic esophagitis | My 18 month old son became very irritable, screaming at the top of his lungs, extreme hyper-activity yet also tired because he was unable to sleep. I have decided as a Mother to not allow my child to be on this medicine any longer! We figured out why he has eosinophilic esophagitis and we can avoid what was causing it. I refuse to make him suffer through this medication! | M | 1 | 2 months 2MG 1X day | 11/16/2010 | 4 | cough w/ phlegm wouldn't go away | My daughter has been taking Pulmicort for a month now. She has become disobedient and has some tantrums. I have not talked to the doctor to find out if these are related to Pulmicort, but I will. I noticed that her heart rate was higher during and after taking the Pulmicort & Albuterol mix she receives once a day; and that she was more hyper. But when it is time to go to bed she just falls sleep very fast. | She has been using Pulmicort respules once a day along with Albuterol every 6-8 hours. Together they helped her to expectorate and get read of her cough. However, one week after we stopped the Albuterol (by Dr.'s order) her cough came back. She was supposed to continue on Pulmicort only for another month, and use Albuterol if her symptoms came back. Since they did, we are back to the mix. | F | 1.5 | 1 months | 10/30/2008 | 3 | Cold to prevent breathing problem | My son is 17 months and he will start to take this medication today but I'm scare now reading all this reviews , he was hospitalized ones for breathing problems cause but a cold and cough , this time harms the same but I prevent to be worse giving him albutetol every 4 hours so the doctor tol me to start this pulmucort everyday to prevent to get woes if he get cold specially if he is going to start going to a day care si I don't know what to do ?? He was having some steroid twice a day but I didn't like it I notice changes no sleeping at night waking up in the middle of the night hungry , and his behavior was crazy | M | 1.5 | 1 days | 8/18/2012 | 4 | uncontrolled wheezing | definitely a big weight gain for my son. we've noticed some aggression issues (hitting, yelling) but we chalked it up to being a 2 year old | easy to take from his nebulizer and i don't have the worry from side effects as I did with oral prednisone he'd been on so many times before. | M | 2 | 1 months | 1/20/2008 | 3 | Asthma | Irritability, mood swings, severe sleep problems | Pulmicort was successful in keeping my daughter out of the hospital, but no one slept the entire time she was on it. | F | 2 | 6 months | 4/12/2005 | 3 | wheezing | not sure, if my sons ongoing stuffy nose is a side effect. trying to figure it out. it started a few weeks after the dose and continues. only after he wakes up from sleeping and lasts from a couple of minutes to 1 hr. it has now been going on a few months. if others leave comments please leave an e-mail many people with children with these problems would like to contact eachother and can't find a source to talk to eachother, it would help. | M | 2 | 5 days | 5/9/2005 | 3 | Asthma | Teeth discoloration, coughing. | The doctor prescribed Pulmicort for my 2-year old because she is asthmatic and was hospitalized with pneumonia. It has helped somewhat but I am concerned about her oral health because I cannot get her to rinse (or drink) afterwards and her teeth are getting black. Literarily! She also coughs a lot and I have decided to take her off of it to allow her body heal itself. I am paranoid about her little body becoming dependent on drugs for every cure. | F | 2 | 2 months | 3/9/2009 | 3 | bronchitis | Slight rash | My daughter has been on pulmicort breathing treatments with albuterol twice daily for abour 5 days. It does seem to help without noticable side affects. But after reading these post I am thankful that she is only suppose to take the med a few more days. | F | 2 | | 1/10/2010 |
PULMICORT (BUDESONIDE): Budesonide is used to control and prevent symptoms (wheezing and shortness of breath) caused by asthma. This medication belongs to a class of drugs known as corticosteroids. It works directly in the lungs to make breathing easier by reducing the irritation and swelling of the airways. This medication must be used regularly to be effective. It does not work right away and should not be used to relieve sudden asthma attacks. If an asthma attack occurs, use your quick-relief inhaler as prescribed. FDA Approval Date: 1997-06-24 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)