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| 3 | Asthma | yeast infection in throat, esophagial candida | Flovent has worked really well for me to control my asthma over the years. The only problem is it gives me yeast infections in my throat and espophagus about once a year. The infection in the throat is obvious, it's white spots on the back of my throat. All it takes to get rid of it is one Diflucan. I found out I had the infection (candida) in my esophagus last week when I had an edoscopy. The GI doctor thinks it's the cause for my terrible stomach problems/acid reflux I've been having for 3 months. The only other symtpoms I had of it was a slight cough. | F | 26 | 7 years 110mg 1X D | 8/29/2010 | 1 | Asthma | I posted about Flovent my 4 year old daughter took on June 1st and the side effect she experienced. Here is an update. | I took my daughter off of Flovent (and Singulair) after finding this site and she still experienced coughing/throwing up episodes at nighttime and no wheezing at all (2x throughout June). Since she had this while on the medicine, and had it off the medicine, I concluded that it's something more to this then just asthma and I took her to a pediatric pulmonologist. She did an asthma breathing test (and did FANTASTIC!) and I asked if this could be acid reflux in addition to her asthma. The doc said he doubts she even has asthma, and said we'd try acid reflux medicine and see if that helps any. And guess what? Over the past month and a half she's had AMAZING breathing, NO coughing, NO throwing up at ALL while on the acid reflux medicine! Her quality of life has improved greatly since stopping Flovent and Singulair. Her aggressiveness has gone, she's more focused, no more bad calls from teachers or administrators...Im so happy I have my happy, healthy girl back! | F | 4 | 1.5 years 110 2X D | 8/10/2010 | 1 | eosiniphilic esophagitis | Initially, my throat got scratchy in the middle of the afternoon. I take the puffs in the morning and then right before bed. After about 1 week, I started noticing that I was always angry and moody, and I chalked it up to PMS. But, it wasn't... reviewing my calendar I realized it must be the Flovent. I'm still on it, and still moody (negatively, always angry and can be set off at any moment.) I'm also working out to lose weight, but more is just being packed on. I feel bloated and heavy all the time. | I took 2 puffs 2 times a day to help coat my throat of the EE. I was allowed to start bringing in new foods into my diet (had previously been on a food elimination program) because this medicine was supposed to help calm the eosiniphils. It didn't work an I'm in more pain NOW than I was before I introduced new foods and on the medicine. | F | 25 | 4 weeks 220 mcg 2X D | 8/3/2010 | 4 | Asthma | None | My seven year old uses this medicine daily to control asthma. For us, it has been WONDERFUL. We are very happy. I do understand the concerns others have about side effects - My son had most of the side effects mentioned here (sleeplessness, emotional, lethargic, mood swings) when he took Singulair to control his asthma. All of these side effects went away when we switched to Flovent instead of Singulair. His asthma is better controlled than it has ever been. | M | 7 | 8 months 44 mcg 2X D | 7/28/2010 | 4 | Asthma | behavioral changes. eating less. potty training regression. sleeping less. | My son is 2 years 10 months old. I've been told he has a mild case of asthma due to allergies. 2 weeks ago he had a couple of coughing fits that ended with him vomiting. Dr. prescribed flovent. Twice a day, 2 puffs at a time. The coughing went away within days as did his constant runny nose, but I started to notice changes in his behavior. He was more emotional, more sensitive. Would cry more for silly things. Always a great eater, his appetite began to wane. He's started to sleep less by small increments and today I noticed slight bags under his little eyes and the last 2 days he hasn't napped which had happened before on a few occasions but he would always make up for the nap by waking up later in the morning. Not the case this time. The icing was the pants wetting. as often as 3 times during the day, completely out of character for him. I was aware of the issues with steroids and had planned to wean him off the medication beginning next week but after reading all of these comments I'm simply taking him off of it. It worked wonderfully for his cough but I do not like the side effects and at his age he can't properly vocalize let alone understand what he's feeling and I don't think it's fair to him. | M | 40 | 14 days 88 2X D | 6/28/2010 | 4 | asthma | my 10 year old son has been taking flovent for mild asthma. It works very well for him, my only concern is slowed growth. I have tried discontinuing the drug, but when I do he suffers with a bad cough and really increased need for albuyterol. Is there any other drug just as effective but without the slowed growth side effect? | F | 43 | 3 years 2X D | 6/19/2010 | 3 | Asthma | major behavioral changes and mood swings when my daughter started this a year and a half ago. I told her doc about it and was told to keep her on it. NOW a year and a half later she is having constant headaches, hallucinations, bad dreams, insomnia...Im weaning her off this and will demand a safer alternative! All these posts Ive read on children mirror behaviors my daughter has had for the past year and a half. | My daughter was diagnosed at age 2 with asthma, and started flovent 6 months after her original diagnosis (after being on oral steroids 2x a month). It has helped with her wheezing and coughing, but the behavioral issues as she's gotten older have become too much. I miss my sweet girl and want her back! Her asthma is allergy related and she's had adenoid gland surgery to help with her nasal drainage. She's also on Singulair granules, I give it to her every other night (not nightly as prescribed). I didn't notice too much behavioral issues when she started the singulair a year ago, that too helped with her coughing/throwing up episodes at nighttime. After her adenoid gland surgery and allergy tests she started allergy drops (which have helped her allergies A LOT!) and this past January 2010 I put a tower air purifier in her bedroom and started her on Omega 3-6-9 supplements. She's only had one issue with coughing/throwing up at night. Ive seen the biggest improvement in her coughing and asthma with the Omega 3-6-9 and air purifier then anything else! | F | 4 | 1.5 years 110 2X D | 6/1/2010 | 3 | broncitis possible asthma | after taking flovent inhaler I developed tingling sensation in hands and feet.read warnings and saw that this is considered a serious side effect. | Went to Dr as the warnings said to see him immediatly.He looked at every other possible reason for the tingling except the flovent even saying he thought it was caused by the salbutamol inhaler which does not list this as a side effect.He finally said to stop taking the flovent anyway.The flovent did seem to be working but I got no answers as to whether it would be dangerous to continue using or what could happen.The tingling was not that severe and I probably could have put up with it for the 2 weeks that it was prescribed for.I dont think most doctors even know all the side effects of most drugs. | M | 49 | 5 days 250mcd 2X D | 5/30/2010 | 1 | Allergies | Throat swelling shut..had to struggle and fight to breathe. | In the 2 weeks I tried this I had 3 episodes where I got choaked and COULD NOT inhale. I had to struggel and fight to breath in and made the most horriable noise trying. I was ALONE every time and terrified. I realized I had to figure this out fast or I would die.. After the third time, I realized this stuff was the only thing different in my life, haven't used it since and it hasn't happened again. I came here to see if this had happened to anyone else. This had never happened to me before and hasn't happened since. It actually felt like my throat swelled up and closed up. | F | 64 | 14 days 50 1X D | 5/15/2010 | 1 | My son was to control his asthma | My 5 year old began having behavioral issues almost immediately after taking Flovent. He normally is a good kid especially at school. After taking Flovent he began being disrespectful to his teacher and classmates, hitting other children and cursing! It wasn't until 5 days later that we realized that there might be a connection with the Flovent and his behavior. | I am sure that Flovent does work well for many. However, I would strongly suggest that healthcare providers alert parents on the possiblity that this drug could cause serious behavior issues in children. | F | 35 | 7 days 110mcg 2X D | 5/12/2010 | 1 | Asthma attack | My 10 year old daughter experienced incontinence within weeks of taking this drug. She never even had an accident while potty training! Our male pediatrician discounted the concern that the incontinence was caused by the flovent. I started giving the puffer sparingly rather than twice daily. Gave two puffs on Sat and two on Sun b/c of weather. Sun night my daughter started crying uncontrollably, racing thoughts, paranoid, scared, and severe headache. Took her to our previous female pediatrician who agreed that I stop the medicine to see how my daughter responded. By Monday night thoughts were subsiding. Tuesday morning she went to school and said it was O.K.She still having some bothersome thoughts but nothing like Sunday. She was able to sleep in her own room Tuesday night. She slept in my room Sunday night and Monday night. This has been a terrible drug for my daughter. I am taking the meds to the pediatrician to dispose of them. I will NEVER give this to my child again! | F | 40 | 5 weeks 12 g 2X D | 5/11/2010 | 3 | Asthma | The flovent helped within a few days with my daughter's breathing and coughing. But it has had some very negative side effects. It has made my 6 yr old daughter moody, depressed, sensitive and emotional. It changed her personality to such a degree we are considering therapy for her if she has to stay on this drug. I am hoping we will have better luck with Pulmacort or Cingulair. | F | 6 | 3 months 1X D | 4/17/2010 | 1 | Asthma | Shortness of breathe and extremely emotional. Agitated but would burst into tears over "nothing". | Azmacort is no longer available so my Dr. switched me to this stuff. Ugh. Started noticing I was always out of breath, very emotional (like when I was pregnant) and my coughing spasms started up again during the night. Once I suspected this new inhaler I stopped using it and the coughing, highly-emotional state and shortness of breath went away. Now I'm going to try QVar. Unfortunately my QVar does not have the counter on it. Crap. | F | 51 | 1.5 months 220 MCG 2X D | 4/16/2010 | 1 | Asthma | more accidents (peeing in pants) decreased playfullness personality chagnes seems like he is in a daze all the time sleeping during the day time | My 2 1/2 year old was perscribed this medication for his suspected asthma. About 2 weeks into the 4 weeks that I gave him the mediction his personality changed. He has always be a playful boy, always wanting to do something. After about two weeks he would lay on the sofa whether there were cartoons on or not. He never wanted to go out and play. He didnt really play with the kids in daycare. He began going backwards with potty training by having more accidents. When someone would try to talk to him, he would just stand there and look at the floor and even after a person would stop talking to him he would still stand there in a daze. The final sign was when he started sleeping during the day in school. He has always been a good nighttime sleeper. I am wary about giving children medication, so I knew it was the Flovent. I immediately took him off the medication and called his physician. She promised me as she did when she perscribed it to him, that those side effects cannot be from the medication because the studies dont show that. I said I dont care what the studies show, I know there is something wrong and that medication is the only factor. He has now been on regular allergy medication (singular) for about 6 months and is doing great. Within a few days his personality came back. He returned to his normal playful self. Every person is different and everyone will repond differently to medications. This is just one medication that he cannot take unless it is absoutly needed. | F | 25 | 4 weeks 55mg 1X D | 4/5/2010 | 4 | Asthma | anger, aggression, crying, extreme emotional sensitivity | We went to a parent-teacher conference today (3-25-10.) Our 7-year-old son’s teachers usually describe him as “polite” and even “a joy to have in class.” Today they said that within the past month this has sometimes changed to “defiant” and “rude.” At home we’ve noticed he was more volatile (quick to extreme anger or tears.) The other day his sister seemed to get more ice cream than him – he immediately exploded into tears of rage and banged his elbow on the counter so violently that it is now bruised and swollen. I was shocked and horrified. Yesterday some neighborhood kids angered him so he came in to get a kitchen knife! Thankfully his mother saw this and intervened. At first I thought maybe it was the allergies, the trees here started pollinating a month or so ago. But just now I had a thought, maybe it was the Flovent that we put him on to treat the asthma triggered by the pollen. He’s been on Flovent before, but usually not for this long, and this was his first long stretch this school year. | M | 7 | 2 months 2X D | 3/25/2010 | 1 | emphysema | My breathing got much worse and I experienced anger and sadness. | F | 80 | 7 days 2X D | 3/24/2010 | 3 | Asthma | My son was prescribed this when he was only 6 months old to control his asthma. The longer he took it the worse his behavior got. He is now 2 and we are taking him off the Flovent today to make sure this is what is causing his outrageous behavior. He is aggressive to other kids at daycare, to his older sister and even his dad & I. He is whiney and screaming all the time. Extremely defiant and has a very, very hard time sleeping at night. The kids appears to never be tired!! We took him to a counselor to learn how to deal with his behavior and have even tried melatonin for his sleeping problems. I have been told several times by his daycare that his behavior is getting more and more out of control. I'm so glad I found this website!! Maybe the rest of the family can get their life back! | Despite the side effects the Flovent did control his asthma symptoms. | F | 34 | 1.5 years 110 2X D | 3/16/2010 | 1 | Eosinophilic Esohagitis | My son was placed on this medicine for his EE that was recently diagnosed. Within just a couple of days we saw mood and behavior changes. Some tantrums were quite severe making it extremely difficult to control him. His teacher remarked after his 2nd school day with the drug that she was having to speak to him more often. We are taking him off the Flovent and trying a strict elimination diet to address his food allergy and going to seek another alternative medicine, if needed. | M | 6 | 5 days 44- 2puffs 2X D | 3/8/2010 | 4 | Asthma | Self: 24 year old adult. 110 twice a day. The only side effect that I noticed was the poor taste, so I just always take it before I brush my teeth in the morning and at night. Beside that I had wonderful relief! Son: 5 year old child. 44 twice a day, increased to 110 two/four times a day with a cold/flu or major allergy attack. My son has always been vary "active". "Active" is the nice parent way of say my kid is crazy sometimes! Now when taking his normal does of 44 a day I don't notice any side effects, and it works well. Now when he gets really bad I will up his dose to 110 four times a day, twice in the morning and at night. It works to get his symptoms under control. Now again my son is active so pin pointing a behavioral change is not as easy with him. But this last month or so he had a bad allergy thing going on and for 1 week on then 1 week off three times in a row we had him on the higher dose. This time we noticed something. Sometimes we wou | For me it works wonderful! I am a life long asthma sufferer and it wonderful to have relief! For my son it works great as well, I see a major improvement in his symptoms. But I am taking him the doctor tomorrow to see if there is anything we can do about the side effects. I don't want him to suffer, but poor guy, if it is the medication, I don't want him to live on time out! | M | 5 | 1.5 years 44 and 110 2X D | 3/3/2010 | 1 | Asthma | my almsot 4 year old son has been taking flovent for 1.5 years and we are just now attributing his emotional outbusrts, hyper activity etc. to the drug...When I questioned his behaviour change his doctor would dismiss it, saying that it was his age and adjusting to a new baby sister. Recently his outbursts have become more frequent and volient, he is not sleeping at night and is having tamturms in the middle of the night because we ask him to go back to bed. Through finding this site and discussing the problem with other parents we have taken him off the flovent. The behaviour/drug has placed extreme stress on our family, and on a little boy who already deals with severe food allergies. It has been 4 days without flovent and we are slowly getting improvement, I am hopeful to get my loving, happy little boy back. | M | 32 | 1.5 years 50mcg 2X D | 3/1/2010 | 1 | Asthma | My five year old experienced a complete behavioral change. He exhibited trouble sleeping, getting along with other children, anger, aggression, agitation, inability to remember things, confusion, and hyperactivity. We had notes home from his teacher indicting an inability to integrate into the classroom. I also noticed that he was losing weight. The behavioral changes were a severe change from his pre-Flovent behavior. After taking him off Flovent for a day and half, I am beginning to see my loving son again. | Be very cautious about using this Flovent inhaler. It adversely affects the adrenals which are crucial to handling the body's stresses. | M | 5 | 45 days 110 2X D | 2/17/2010 | 3 | asthma | my four year old immediately had behavioral changes, unable to control emotions, unable to sit still, running in place yelling "i'm so mad" and tantrums that we have never seen before, similar to when he took singular. it seems to help w/ his caough, but not with his behavior | dr says it's not being caused by this medicine. at my wits end. I want my little boy back. | F | 29 | 30 days 44mg 2X D | 2/15/2010 | 1 | Yes | immediate headache, irritability, insomnia, light fever, dreams | We started my 5 year old daughter on flowvent last night. Five to ten minutes after her first dose (2 puffs) she reported having a headache in the front/forehead portion of her head. As far as I know, she's never had a headache. She then started to get a low-grade fever of about 99.8. She became very irritable and could not sleep during the night. Her behaviour was very strange. She couldn't stay still, kept moving her lips and face. My wife stayed up with her for the night and she (my daughter) eventually did sleep, but was talking in her sleep a lot. In the morning my daughter was fine, symptoms gone. No more Flowvent for us. | F | 5 | 1 days 44 MCG 4X D | 2/14/2010 | 1 | have patients who take it | nocturia, behaviour change | I saw comments from other users. Behaviour change in children and nocturia are recognised systemic side effects of all steroids. The problem here is that Flovent, as an inhaled steroid, should not be exhibiting these side effects as it is supposed to be rapidly metabolised after it enters the circulation from the lungs. It is a very fat soluble drug hence the body's problem getting rid of it and these side effects. | M | 57 | 1 days 200mcg 2X D | 2/10/2010 | 3 | My son was taking it for asthma | My 3 year old son was having cough issues. He had just started going to daycare and was getting a cough every two weeks, and it would last for almost 2 weeks. Yep, he was constantly coughing. The doctor described the Flovent inhaler and we did see improvements in his cough. However, his personality completely changed. He was irritable, to the point where it seemed like he could not control his emotions. He was constantly wired, would lose his temper at the drop of a hat, and just wasn't the happy boy he was prior to the medicine. | Although we did have improvements with his coughing, his behavior seemed to change. He became very anxious, a bit compulsive (always picking his nails) and was losing his temper about very small things. He would wake up early and be wired immediately. His personality changed, where he couldn't sit still and just seemed over the top. It became even worse, where we couldn't handle his personality any more. We took him to the doctor, switched to the diskus Flovent (an inhaled powder) last week, and I'm happy to report our boy is back. He's much more mellow, no longer picks his nails, and he's sleeping better as well. He no longer loses control of his emotions, and if he does get upset (he's only 4...it happens), is able to get under control immediately. The doctor theorizes there may be something in the additives used in the Flovent inhaler that doesn't exist in the diskus. The diskus requires a little more coordination to take, but it's well worth it with my boy now so much better than he was. Flovent has helped his cough, but I truly believe the inhaler was having a big impact on his personality. If possible, try the diskus Flovent to see if it helps your child. I hope you see the same improvements we have, as the past week has been so much more enjoyable. Good luck. | M | 38 | 1 years | 2/1/2010 | 4 | My son has ashmatic cough | Constant feeling that he needs to urinate | Previously our son was on Flonase (same ingredient as Flovent) and had the same side effect. Dr. looked at me as if I had 2 heads when I reported that to him. The feeling stopped as soon as we stopped Flonase and came back after about 5 days on FLovent 100mg, once a day. We decreased to 50 mg and the problem went away for about 10 days, but last night complained again. His cough is VERY WELL controlled at such a low dose and I am trying now 50mg every other day, so we'll see. I was releived to read other kids had the "need to urinate all the time" side effect, I may not be that crazy after all! If Flovent controls your child's asthma well, try a lower dose, and a lot of side effects could disappear, talk to your doctor about it. I can't believe so many young children (under 4) are prescribed Flovent. It's safety has not been established for that age group. | M | 6 | 15 days | 1/24/2010 | 1 | virus/allergy induced asthma | poor and interrupted sleep, irritability, loss of appetite, aggression, temper tantrums, hyperactivity, | My son was prescribed flovent by our pediatrician last year when he was 2 ( I didn't realize that it was not supposed to be given to children under 4!) I was concerned as it is a steroid and so I did not use it at all. This last fall he turned 3 and we had another emergency dr appt due to excessive wheezing. The ped asked if I was still on the Flovent twice/day and I said no- He encouraged me to give it twice/day. We started 3 months ago and immediately noticed signs although we did not think that it was Flovent we just thought that he had turned 3. He lost his naps which used to be 2-3 hours, he started waking up at 5 in the morning and having fits and biting, throwing toys and he turned into a child that we did not even recognize. This turned out house upside down! My husband suggested that it might be Flovent and so I looked online and found this site! We stopped 4 days ago and he had his first nap again yesterday and is starting to be the smiling angel that we knew before!- we will never give him this again- I am mad as I have been angry at our son at times for not going to bed- no wonder!! poor little guy!! | M | 3 | 3 months | 1/24/2010 | 5 | Sarcoidosis & Asthma | A miracle drug. I have been on Azmacort for over 10 years, and was getting worse & worse with increased shortness of breath. Azmacort has been discontinued and it turned out to be the best thing that has ever happened to me. My pulmonary doctor substitued Flovent, and after being on it for only a few weeks, my breathing is better than it was 20 years ago, and I have absolutley NO SIDE EFFECTS. I can sleep, no heart palpitations like with Azmacort. I feel like shouting from the roof tops, just how wonderful this drug is. A true miracle!! | Please make your own decision about this drug. I have been on inhaled steroids for over 15 years, and this is the best one yet. I would do anything NOT to have to take oral steroids, and thank goodness Azmacort was discontinued so that I could discover this truly miracle drug. Everyone will have different reactions to drugs, and maybe this is NOT for children from reading some of the "horror stories", but for those of us that suffer from really awful lung disease (Sarcoidosis & pulmonary fibrosis), this drug is a GOD SEND! | F | 58 | 2 months | 12/27/2009 | 5 | Asthma | None | I am a 21 year old just diagnosed with asthma by a pulmonary specialist, she had me on advair at first but I couldn't deal with the heart-related side effects I had everyday while on that medication. My doctor thought the only reason for these side effects was because it was a steroid so we tried once a day spiriva for my asthma, however without a steroid I was forced to use my rescue inhaler multiple times daily and never quite found relief, always felt like my chest was tight. My doctor told me after the fires in my area I needed to be back on a steroid inhaler because spiriva wasn't enough because I always had to be on prednisone tapers. So she prescribed flovent (1 puff 2x daily) and I've had NO side effects at all. I can finally breathe again everyday and RARELY use my rescue inhaler it is amazing!! | F | 21 | 2 months | 12/20/2009 | 2 | cold related asthma (110 dosage) | Facial tics, urinary incontinence, depression | Child took this medication for a month. In the first week, he wet his bed at night twice and then had further issues with urinary incontinence. After a month, we noticed sadness in him, verbally stating he was sad but couldn't explain why and laying on the couch in the morning stating he didn't know what to do. In the same week, he developed a facial tic on the right side of his face. We took him off of the medicine. It took two weeks for the facial tic to subside, but his mood improved within the first week. This child has also experienced aggression issues with Pulmicort. Flovent did not cause the aggression issues, but did result in other unwanted side effects. | F | 35 | 4 weeks | 12/20/2009 | 2 | My Daughter is talking flovent | My Daughter is 5 and she's been on Flovent for 4 weeks and i've noticed her behavoir has changed a lot. very bossy and just not the Happy 5 year old that she was.. As of reading this site today i'm talking her off this also i've noticed her becomeing more worried about little things that she never worryed before about but most of all the glazed look in her eyes that i get.. i can't believe i've been missing it all this time and its right here.. | I would not give this to a child unless he or she really needs it .. i'm hoping I see a change in my daughter for the better soon, emoitonal wise .. | F | 5 | 4 weeks | 11/21/2009 | 2 | Cold-induced Asthma | My daughter was prescribed this last year when she was 3, and for the entire cold season, she never wheezed or had problems respiratory-wise. However, for that entire year, she did not sleep through the night once, and she seemed very hyper at all times of the day. | We decided to take her off of Flovent in the spring. Similar to other comments, our allergist said that it "should not have those side effects", and prescribed us Singulair, but within a couple of weeks, my husband came across a report on how dangerous that drug can be (depression, suicidal thoughts, etc.) We stopped that immediately and started her with Chiropractic care, and things looked up (she slept through the night again, less hyper.) But this last month, with all the fearful messages of H1N1, and with her first wheezing problem that had her school calling me, I got scared into thinking that Flovent is a necessary evil for my now 4 year old. Within days restless nights began again and we're seeing hyperactivity in the evenings again as well (my caregiver has also noted her hyperness.) And in the last few days, we've also noticed red-puffiness appear around her eye within minutes after taking the medication, and disappearing minutes later (we only made the connection tonight when it happened for the third time in a row.) So now tonight was her last night taking that stuff, but I am absolutely confused as to what to do. I understand the importance of the "controller", but it's obvious that Flovent is not right for my child. There seems to be little alternatives, and the health professionals aren't helping us to find any. I do welcome any other medication suggestions from other parents/users that I can bring forward to suggest to my doctors to prescrib | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 11/21/2009 | 1 | asthma | Tantrums, out of control behaviour, screaming, complete loss of impulse control. | I only wish this site had been available in the mid nineties. Several weeks after beginning flovent my already difficult sone was completely off the wall - tantrums, screaming, hurting etc. - I can remember just crying but at first did not connect it (stupidly0 with Flovent because I had been so assured it was "without side effects" When I finally figured it out I talked to his allergist. He listened and then said condescendingly "If I lstened to every anecdotal story that came in the door...etc etc AND "the research does not support what you're saying" So i tried again - scared I was putting my son - and later hiis two brothers in danger because he refused to prescribe albuterol (which never bothered them at all) without Flovent. This drug is awful for many people - I've talked to so many moms since those days (anecdotally!!) that tell me the same thing - avoid it. | F | 55 | | 11/17/2009 | 1 | asthma | I didn't realize it at first, but slowly as my Flovent dosage was increased - I later found to an unhealthy level - I became depressed, anxious, I couldn't sleep, I cried a lot. It developed into full blown panic disorder and agoraphobia. The doctor's all told me it had nothing to do with the medication. I knew it did. For the past year I've been weaning myself off of Flovent. I went back to an old stand-by - Intal Inhaler. No longer available in the US, but my new doctor wrote me a prescription for it and I'm getting it through Panther Meds. I also noticed that Flovent was available through them much cheaper than in the US - I have no insurance. I ordered both. The intal is fabulous and the only side effects were a bit of tightness and coughing for 2 weeks while I got used to it. DO THIS! Before they made it in non-CFC form, you could even take this when you were pregnant. It's safe. As for the Flovent - strnagely enough, I found out that in the rest of the world it is no | DO NOT TAKE IT! IF YOU"RE ON IT, TRY INTAL. FYI - SINGULAR IS OR IS SOON TO BE (so I've heard) BLACK BOXED BY THE FDA LIKE ANTIDEPRESSANTS - NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN AND THE SENSITIVE. | F | 44 | 6 years | 11/6/2009 | 1 | Asthma | My daughter is the most easy-going happy child. Days after starting Flovent we noticed an extreme change in her moods. She cried over everything, was tired all of the time and seemed depressed. | When we spoke to the allergist about this and like so many others were told it should not have these types of effects. Well, guess what..it does. Tomorrow is the 1st day my daughter will be off of Flovent and hopefully she can regain some sense of feeling normal again. | F | 6 | 8 days | 11/4/2009 | 1 | asthma | perscribed for daugther of 10 yrs. old. Extreme tiredness in morning, hyperactivity at night, trouble sleeping, confusion, uanble to read, nightmares, sadness, aggressiveness, sensitivity on her face and fingers, onset of OCD. | Whe she first started the drug we saw some repetitive language. Then this led to extreme tiredness in the morning and hyperactivity at night. After 3 months of being on drug we notice an onset of very odd OCD behaviors (which she had NEVER had before), repetitive language, confusion, unable to read or draw well(which are her loves), couple of episodes of severe dizziness, scared, many unusual fears, nightmares, 1 time hallusination, trouble sleeping, sadness, aggressive behavior in the evening, sensitivity on her face and fingers. ALL OF WHICH SHE HAD NEVER HAD BEFORE TAKING FLOVENT. Dr. does not think it is drug. We have taken her off! Seven days off and many of the side effects are gone or diminished. BEWARE OF DRUG | F | 10 | 3 months | 10/22/2009 | 1 | bronchitis | Depression, crying spells, mood swings, aggression, agitation, sleep interrupted, night terrors, unable to wear metal jewlery without scratching...had none of these symptoms prior | F | 40 | 14 days | 9/27/2009 | 1 | asthma with cold | acute ocd; tics; hallucinations/psychosis; mania | Our daughter was on this for about four months. We noticed she seemed depressed, but didn't connect it to the drug. Then after three months off the medication (during which she was an angel and as happy as can be), we resumed her daily dose of Flovent and she instantly nose-dived. Acute onset of ocd, tics, hallucinations, mania--none of which she had previously experienced. We were terrified, until we found this site. She's now been off the medication for thirteen days. The hallucinations quickly subsided. The ocd, tics, and mania are still there, but diminished. We are hoping our daughter makes a full recovery very soon (we have read that mania can often last up to three weeks after medication is stopped), and we're extremely disappointed that our peditrician assured us repeatedly that there was no systemic absorbtion of Flovent. | F | 4.5 | 4 months | 9/24/2009 | 1 | Asthma | Emotional Rollercoaster, no other way to describe it. Take your worst day ever of PMS, and live it every day. Anger, tears, inability to properly assimilate input, to the degree that is was debiiltating. | After several courses of Prednisone to keep her asthma under control, Flovent was added. Within 3 months the emotional rollercoaster began. Anger, suspicions, tears, and then lets cycle it again. You can not deal with them, they are NOT IN CONTROL. Please let your child know that is is the medicine, not them, and if it cannot be removed from their regime, give them coping mechanisms. If you have not consulted an asthma specialist about alternatives, do so. We had to have her treated for PMMD, which is what the Flovent seemed to create, and then that medicine gave her problems. At this time we are trying to keep her of all meds while her system returns to normal. Be very careful not to let your child believe that they are at fault for their episodes, it will only create more psychological baggage for them to carry. If your doctor refuses to admit that it is the drug, become stubborn. You are your childs defender. | F | 21 | 5 months | 9/22/2009 | 1 | asthma | my 20 month old daughter has been taking Flovent 44 since March, and recently increased to the 110 mcg version. She has been demonstrating extremely aggressive behavior, both at home and especially at school. She has only been on the 110 for a month, and her behavior issues have increased over that time period. She is hitting and pushing the dog. She is now biting at daycare, and being extremely aggressive towards the other children. We even had a note from the teachers today expressing concern on her behavior. The more I thought about it, this all coincided with the new medication. It's very scarey, because without the medication, my daughter is extremely susceptable to asthma attacks, but WITH it, she is not our sweet loving daughter we used to have! | F | 30 days | 9/18/2009 | 1 | Allergy-induced asthma | Irritability, mood swings, tantrums, rage, oppositional, clingy, insomnia, excessive crying (sometimes for over and hour) | My 8 year old son became another person on this med. I advised his doctor that he had similar problems with Singulair as well which he took when he was 4. I would not recommend ever giving this medication to any child unless it is life saving! | M | 8 | 3.5 weeks | 9/16/2009 | 3 | exercise induced asthma | son complaining this morning about soreness behind knees and between fingers. i'm concerned about stunted growth and long-term affects of system. i know this is not a good thing to put in body but don't know what else to do at this point. help. | My son is on 2 puffs in morning, daily (half of what Chief of Allergy insisted upon). I would not use Flonase prescribed either -- we use xClear instead (a saline, xylitol nose wash). Also, a strict regimen of Child Life liquid vitamins & Vitamin C which I know has really boosted his immune system and made up the difference. I want him off this med -- does anybody have any other ideas?? We've also done Osteopathy which I believed helped but it is very expensive and had to eventually stop for now. | M | 4 | 1 years | 9/13/2009 | 1 | Asthma | I only yesterday thought about Flovent and my son's behavior issues. He started taking 1 puff a day in May. In June/July I started noticing his negative and disruptive behavior. I was thinking that he was not adjusting well to different summer camps and change this summer. He started Kindergarten this week and his reports that come home are of a very aggressive confrontational little boy. He took his last puff this morning and I hope that we see drastic changes shortly. | M | 6 | 90 days | 8/27/2009 | 1 | asthma | My son was prescribed this 2x a day for the past few months. he started having mood swings, outbursts, tantrums and getting agressive with not only his younger sister, but with both parents....he is 7 and this started with his using this medication!!!! avoid it! this is a horrible product that the physicians don't seem to think can cause this behavior they are wrong! | M | 7 | 6 months | 8/24/2009 | 3 | asthma only when he has a cold | Nothing I have noticed in 3 years, except maybe he says his throat feels funny afterwards. We of course rinse his mouth well after. | I am shocked at reading some people gving this inhaler to TWO YEAR OLDS. It is not even reccommended for children under 4. | M | 7 | 3 years | 8/23/2009 | 3 | Reactive airway disease | About the same time my son started taking flovent, he broke out in what looked like a severe case of folliculitis. I took him to a dermatologist that tried to treat the folliculitis. After trying 3 different things and not making any progress, he did a biopsy. The biopsy came back with urticaria (hives) as the diagnosis. This did NOT look like hives. He gave my son Allegra and we stopped the flovent and within 24 hours, the "rash" he had for 2 months started to fade. I will always believe it was the Flovent as the "rash" came at the same time he started the Flovent. My son is the one that put the two together. His rash was very pimply looking. | I will probably ask for something else if he has a problem again. | M | 14 | 2 months | 8/18/2009 | 1 | Cough/Possibly Asthma | Irritable, mood swings, depression. | My two year old son was prescribed Flovent for a persistent cough lasting almost 2 months. We administered the drug twice and each time noticed an immediate mood change. He would break down in tears from dropping a toy. After about 3 hrs, he was okay. It was definitely caused by the drug because he is normally okay. To be sure, we tried one more time and got the same mood results. I would definitely not give my child the drug with these side effects. | 1 days | 8/6/2009 | 5 | asthma | My son has taken flovent 2 puffs daily since a severe asthma attack in 2007 that left him on a vent for 3 days. Flovent daily has helped although he has complained of not sleeping well over the past two years & now severe leg cramps & joint pain.My dr feels the two are unrelated... | M | 9 | 2 years | 8/3/2009 | 1 | My 10 year old has asthma | At first we were pleased with the sudden energy my son started having after starting using flovent twice a day. Then he had a twisted ankle and had to have an x-ray on his foot, the ankle injury was not considered serious, however there was resorption in the bones of his toes. After doing some research on Flovent, I have found the steroid in flovent can cause bone loss and bone resorption. This has been very difficult for my family, as we try to get my first born healthy again. Has any one else experienced this? | M | 10 | 1 years | 7/27/2009 | 3 | My seven year old girl has asthma | My normally happy 7 year old girl started Flovent during Spring allergy season along with Singulair. I'm not sure if it was just the Flovent, or a combination of both, that turned her into a little monster! She was climbing furniture, hitting her younger sister, breaking crayons on purpose, broke two of my good dishes (not sure if on purpose or not, I came running into the room after the incident happened) and to top it off, threw our kitten down the stairs! I immediately scolded her and she started crying and said she couldn't help it. I contacted her allergist to talk, but had his nurse call back and insisted that (HIS words, not hers) "this medicine (Flovent) typically doesn't cause this type of behavior. But, you can take her off for 4 days and see what happens." Well, low and behold after no Singulair or Flovent for a week straight now, there is no more bad behavior. I definitely think this has a direct effect on mood, behavior and self-control. We are not out o | F | 7 | 8 days | 7/3/2009 | 1 | Asthma/Allergies | Terrible sore throat, thrush, muscle aches especially shoulders, extreme fatigue, moody, migranes | Thought I was losing my mind but it was the Flovent. Do not take this medicine if you start having side effects because they can be extreme. I am going to the allergist next to discuss allergy shots. | F | 47 | 5 weeks | 6/27/2009 | 4 | Exercise-induced Asthma | slight sore throat, minor gum irritation | Before Flovent, I tried Advair for one day, and had a very severe reaction. Extreme muscle weakness in my legs, couldn't walk for two days and had leg cramps for two weeks. But with Flovent, I can breathe easily and do my cross country training (4-6 miles/day) without any wheezing or chest pains. The most important thing I would tell patients is to not give up if you have a bad reaction to one inhaler. Take some time to recover and try another medication. Advair was dangerous for me, but is helpful for my little brother. Flovent seems to be the right inhaler for me, but it may be very bad for others. Also, rinse your mouth well and don't swallow the stuff, please! It practically guarantees throat pain. | F | 18 | 3 weeks | 6/24/2009 | 4 | asthma | My six year old has been taking Flovent for about 2 1/2 years. The only side effect is that both her appetite and growth are somewhat suppressed during the eight months she is on the medicine. Both seem to rebound during the summer months when she is off of the medicine. | The medicine has worked very well at controlling wheezing and the need for further treatment. The two times I tried to take her off of Flovent, she developed respiratory ailments that required a nebulizer. | F | 6 | 2 years | 6/23/2009 | 1 | To Prevent Lung Wising....Cold | My Little 4 year old was an Angel, NBefore she took this medicine, my wife thought I was wrong on telling her that this medicine was nbt any different that taking any other type of inhaler and that it had a hard effect on the personality of a child even adult. This is BAD and you should look for another alternatives... I want to see my little angel back. She has only been on Flovent for 2 weeks. I used an example to the Doctor of the side effect and told him that it was not any different than inhaling paint or other crazy drugs out there...He chewed my ass off! and tolds me that I was wrong and that it was not like taking drugs....you finish the rest of my story...Father that loves his kids. | M | 14 days | 6/23/2009 | 2 | Asthma / Frequent Croup | UNBELIEVABLE! My 6 year old has been taking this for over a year and his obnoxious, whiney, immature behavior has gotten worse as he has gotten older. At first we thought it was just boy stuff but it has become intolerable. Other an vitamins, he is only on Flovent so I decided to look at the ratings for this. Nearly every pediatric post states the same thing that we are experiencing with him. His last puff was yesterday and that's how it's going to remain. I pray this is reason for his unruly behavior. I'm at my wits end. | M | 6 | 1.5 years | 6/21/2009 | 3 | asthma | My 6 year old has been taking this medication for a few years now. Her anger has been a problem for a while, I thought it was related to her many allergies. Recently the problems are getting worse. Her explosive anger, rage and crying spells have increased. Her appetite is tremendous and has put on a lot of weight. She can't tell me what is bothering her, she says she doesn't know. Anything can set her off. If she were older, I'd swear she'd try to commit suicide or attack someone. She almost seems crazy when she's in the middle of it. I'm caught between following her doctor's advice and my own intuition. She hasn't had an asthma attack in three years. | I don't trust the drug companies to be honest about the side effects or concerns. Profit is their goal. | F | 6 | 2 years | 6/3/2009 | 5 | asthma | sore throat, horseness | This med has changed my life. I have never able to run or play sports because I have had such problems with shortness of breath and wheezing. I also have seasonal allergies which are quite severe (I had to do allergy shots as a child) and exacerbate my asthma. I went from not being able to run around the block, to running my first 5K road race last month!!!! I'm going to do another next week. I do have a chronic sore throat and am hoarse, but those side effects come and go, and I try to be vigilant about rinsing well after using the med. But I consider those small prices to pay for the ability to breathe and live well. Hoping I don't encounter some of the more severe side effects others have talked about here. Much of the other side effects mentioned here with respect to flovent(aggression, behavioral changes, depression) I experienced when taking zyrtec to control my allergies. | F | 44 | 30 days | 6/2/2009 | 2 | Suspected Asthma | Severe aggression, nightmares, hyper-active | We were never aware of any side affects that related to behavioral issues. My two year old son was put on Flovent when he was hospitalized for bronchitus. This was his second hospitalization. The doc prescribed Flovent 2 puffs 2x daily and he was to use it for at least a year and a half. We believed our 2 year old was just a bad child. He constantly bit his older brother for no reason, hit our dog, kicked us, screamed constantly, could not sit still for more than 2 minutes. His brother at some points would have 3 bite marks that would bruise on his back from my younger son. He was biting kids at school every day. We were told that he just was a bad kid. It tore me apart to think I could not control my child and that we were raising a terror. In passing I mentioned his behavior to a friend and she suggested I look into the medication. I first found this website and the we immediately took him off. The doc told us the medicine was not a factor in his behavior. In one week we have noticed a TREMENDOUS turnaround. His aggression has subsided, he is calm, no night terrors, he is much happier. I had a BIL who saw my child the week before we took him off the medication and then saw him again a week after we stopped and he could not believe it was the same child. I am so relieved to have my baby back. I feel awful to think what he went through. | M | 2 | 6 months | 5/27/2009 | 5 | asthma | noproblem | perect for 10year old | M | 15 | 6 months | 5/21/2009 | 2 | sudden, severe asthma attack | While the drug controls his new asthma well (what do I know, we've never dealt with this before) every quirk and negative personality characteristic is hyped by 100. Tearing tiny pieces of paper, and insisting on balling them and playing with them under a fingernail. Inability to stop picking a scab, till he bleeds. Moodiness. Verbal aggression. Quick defensiveness. Huge appetite. Where he was a loving child, now he acts like an attention starved cat. Hugely needy for physical affection. Irritable and irritating the hell out of his siblings. Generally making me nuts. And I ADORE this child. He was my baby for a long time until his baby brother came 2 years ago. And oh, reverted to obsessive thumb sucking. | I've talked to 2 pharmacists, and 2 nurses, and 2 doctors, including the pediatric pulmonologist's office. I get the same "well, this med typically doesn't cause these type of symptoms". Oh really? My son is just now a severe OCD nut? What are my options? We tried taking down the frequency and dose, just to have to use the Albuterol within 2 days. Maybe children are particularly sensitive, but this is crazy. An entire family shouldn't have to suffer with odd/unpleasant behaviors to control asthma, but most of all, I feel so badly for our son. At least, with this forum, I don't feel so crazy anymore, like it's all in my head...thanks to you all. | M | 8.5 | 3 weeks | 5/21/2009 | 1 | Asthma Control | Rage, anger, severe anxiety, night-terrors, opposition, defiance, hallucinations, day-dreaming, ADHD. | I posted on this site in April, '08 about my (then) 8 y.o. son's symptoms while on Flovent and wanted to update the past year. Since taking him off Flovent our son has gone from a raging maniac to a pretty normal 9 y.o. boy. He is in 3rd grade, gets straight A's and is reading at a 6th grade level. His school work is exceptional and his social skills have improved 100%. No more night terrors, no more hallucinations, no more rage. We are lucky that he seems to have grown out of his Asthma and we moved to another city with much less pollution which seemed to trigger the asthma. I am confident in saying the Flovent caused all the severe symptoms I've listed. Within 2 weeks of taking him off the medication his symptoms subsided. We continue to work on his learned (poor) behaviors and work on our own (poor) reactions to him. I can truly say life has improved 100% in regards to our son. Chris | M | 9 | 7 years | 5/13/2009 | 1 | Asthma | BAD, BAD depression!!!!!!! My 16 year old went from happy to crying long & hard on a daily basis and thinking she was losing her mind. Embarassed that it took her 2 weeks to tell me and it took me another week to connect it to the Flovent, but the depression stopped within 24 hrs after stopping the Flovent. She was thrilled to be herself again and we were thrilled to have her. | F | 16 | 3 weeks | 5/10/2009 | 5 | asthma | none known | I've been on Flovent 110 for 12 years. I take 1 puff 1 time a day and it has DRAMATICALLY changed my life. I struggled for years as a child, beginning when I was 5. Within weeks I was free of the "wheezies". I now run, job, swim, dance-things I had never known as a child. I venture my neighborhood without my albuterol and don't freak out if I leave my purse and forget my resue inhaler. I have about 5-6 ashtma attacks a year now (opposed to 10-15 a week before) that are triggered by colds or hayfever. I just up my dose of Flovent and I'm fine. So far so good-I'm a long termer I suppose | F | 33 | 12 years | 4/27/2009 | 1 | Suspected Asthma | My 4 yr old daughter was diagnosed with Asthma on Monday 4-20-09. She has never, ever been sick beyond the normal cold, and 1 ear infection in her whole 4 short yrs. On 4-20 the dr prescribed albuteral every 4hrs for 2 days; allegra 1/2 tsp 2xpday; 4mg singular 1xpday; veripred 1 & 1/2 tsp 1xperday for 5 days and flovent 110mcg 1 puff 2xperday. I began all the meds for her immediately after returning from the drug store, except for the Flovent, only b/c I wasn't sure how to get her to breath in thru her mouth while giving it to her. I called her dr and asked for further instruction on Wed 4-22-09. Today, 4-23-09, my little girl became, Baby Jeckle and Whiney Hyde. She has only had 4 treatments (2 per day Wed and Thurs) of the flovent. She absolutely would not participate in gymnastics (Wed) or ballet (Thurs), her two very favorite activities. 2nite in ballet, she had turned her back on the rest of the class and sit with her little head leaned against the glass door, in her own | I am definitely taking her off the meds -- no question! | F | 4 | 2 days | 4/23/2009 | 5 | Asthma | None | Flovent keeps my airways open when exposed to allergies--without it, I am forced to overuse my rescue inhaler | M | 20 | 8 days | 4/12/2009 | 1 | Asthma | Irritability, weakness, high fever, chills, flu like symptoms, loss of appetite, stuffy nose, headache, cough, nausea, tired | I took my 9 year old son to an Allergy Asthma specialist for testing. He has a lot of enviromental allergies which I was told my choices were very expensive shots for a long period of time or Zyrtek. For his Asthma he was prescribed Flovent 110 MCG 2 sprays twice a day and ProAir for quick relief. After a couple of days on the Flovent I noticed all of the side effects listed. He also had loss of appetite. He had been on Pulmicort Respules 0.25/2ML along with Albuterol 5MG and was fine it just took more time to administer. I am going to go back to that because he only has asthma symptoms if he has a cold or has been running around a lot. I do not recommend Flovent for anyone nor would I ever give it to my son again. I am planning on letting the FDA know of all of the side effects he experienced from this drug. | M | 9 | 1 weeks | 4/6/2009 | 1 | Asthma | Rapid weight gain, stomach cramps, fatigue, headache, joint pain, massive depression, loss of hair, low body temperature | The Dr told me there were no side effects and all the symptoms I had were all in the mind. All my blood tests came back normal. I only found out I had secondary adrenal suppression after I had a slight accident and went into shock. I immediately told the Dr I was not taking this any more and changed to a different inhaler. I have been slowly recovering from the adrenal suppression ever since but I'm still not right and I stopped taking this inhaler over two years ago. Losing the weight is proving to be impossible | F | 57 | 2 years | 4/1/2009 | 1 | dr. thought son may have asthma | frustrated, unhappy, easily angered, teachers noticed in school he was less sociable than before, went from a great student to being frustrated and uncooperative, he was withdrawn in school and just was not himself, he just didn't seem to be able to control his moods and actions. teachers didn't know what was wrong at first until I told them he was on a new med. He also hit me for the first time ever! He had some nights of interrupted sleep, and was just overall grumpy a lot! Also had a migraine in teh first few days of taking med and some cold symptoms but it wasn't really a cold. | Dr. told me, after I told him about my son having side effects, that the list of side effects was just mumbo jumbo and they have to write down everything from trials and that people may have been exposed to cold germs before the trial but then the symtoms show up so they have to include it. He also said that he only sees sdie effects once every two years. After trying another week, he was just so different from his happy usual self that I called the Dr. about stopping and he agreed but wanted to put him on Qvar instead ( max dose 2 puffs 2 x a day just like the floven) He has been on nothing for over a week and he is starting to get back to his normal happy self and they are seeing a big improvement in school. Since Qvar has a lot of side effects too, We decided against it. He has very mild asthma, if any at all but the Dr. does not want to admit he may have made a mistake. we went in for allergy teasting and all of a sudden the Dr. says asthma beacuse he did have Bronchitis once and does get a bad cough with colds. But with the nebulizer and albuterol, it helps the cough. I can't see hime on any stuff 365 days a year if he only needs it with colds. Also Dr. put he coughs with exercise but I said I had made a mistake and he really didn't but the Dr. would not take it off the report! He said it was part of his history and couldn't be changed. If he runs around for 1/2 hour witout coughing, how can he have exercise induced asthma! | M | 4 | 2 weeks | 3/25/2009 | 1 | relentless coughing | anxiety, nightmares, poor sleep, aggression, impatience, emotional, chills, inability to focus | I was prescribed flovent by my Dr. to get rid of a lingering stubborn spasmatic cough from a prior bronchial infection. I was told to take it for 10 days, but stopped on day 6 when I finally realized that the flovent was the cause of my side effects. When I read this webpage, I realized that it wasn't all in my head after all. It did however almost immediately stop my cough, but not worth the change in my personality in my opinion. It would have been nice to know about these side effects prior to taking the medication, but it was not listed on the package or the information sheet from the pharmacist, nor did my Dr. mention them. | F | 33 | 6 days | 3/18/2009 | 3 | Asthma | Aggression, irritability, short attention and concentration, profuse sweating, especially when asleep. | My 6 yr.old son has taken 3 treatments of Flovent (inhaler-110 mcg. twice a day).We did not notice much change until this last treatment. He has been uncontrollably getting upset, arguing (especially with brother),crying for any reason, and can't control himself from moving around(hyperactivity) or excessive talking. Every parent knows his children, and believe me this is not normal. We also noticed much sweat on his head, neck and chest right after he went to sleep. Although it has helped him with his asthma, we're stopping treatment and looking for an alternative. | M | 6 | 3 months | 3/16/2009 | 2 | Asthma | Numbness/ tingling of feet, agitation, behavior problems | My 6-year old daughter has been on Flovent for four months. It helped with her asthma, but has made her far more difficult, moody and defiant. Last night after taking her dose, she immediately began feel very agitated, and said her feet felt strange, numb and tingly. She couldn't keep her legs still and was very distressed. This is listed as a rare but very serious side effect in the patient information. We took her to the ER and they told us to stop the medicine and follow up with her pediatrician without explaining what was going on. | F | 6 | 4 months | 3/15/2009 | 3 | Eosinphilic Esophagits | Our son, 15 years, was prescribed this drug last year to help open his esophagus. It does help, he can swallow meat without the "choking" feeling but the mood swings and depression are hard for us. When he goes off it for a week, we have our son back but not swallowing food is not an option. A high dose, 222 mcg - 4 puffs/2x a day is what is needed to keep his esophagus open for food consumption. | I wish the warnings about the psychological side effects were more clearly listed and shared. We need to find an alternative! | M | 15 | 13 months | 2/19/2009 | 2 | Asthma | Irritability, violent, aggressive, moody, sleeplessness,I have a 2 year old son who has allergy and asthma problems. He has struggled since he was 11 months old. He has been hospitilized 4 different times since he turned 11 months. We have had numerous episodes that we managed to treat at home as well. I should add that I myself have dealt with asthma since I was a young child as well as my husband. My son has a docotr here that began treating him who started him with pulmicort and albuterol treatments. Then we were reffered to a pulmonoligist. At that time he was switched to flovent. I might also add that many many times he has been treated with pred either by itself with albuterol or in addition to flovent or pulmicort. And he has also taken pulmicort or flovent with out an oral steroid. With all that said we discontinued the pulmicort and the flovent because with both there were serious behavior issues. I explained it to our doctors that it was that type of fit an autistic c | And here we are again facing the dilema of what is best for your child. With us already using flovent and having the same reults we do not know what the right decision is for him. I would like to add I was reading the posts from earlier dates before posting mine and one person said that flovent worked well for them and until someone has seen the behavior changes that oral steroids such as pred can cause you have not seen anything. Well to that I reply I myself had a serious behavior reaction to the pred when I was 18 years old crying rage violent to which I was taken off of the meds. My two year old son was even worse with his behavior when he was on the flovent and pulmicort. It is a horrible feeling when you yourself have experienced the extreme emotional reaction and have to watch your sweet baby go through this and not be able to explain to him what is happening. Also to those of you who like me have been scorned by doctors because it just is not possible for it to be these m | M | 2 | 3 months | 2/19/2009 | 2 | Asthma (seasonal) | Thrush | The old form of Flovent with the chloroflorocarbon propellant worked very well for me for a number of years but the newer 'powdery' formulation with the CO2 propellant does not. Despite mouth-rinsing and all that stuff after 72 hours' use of Flovent I can count on a dandy case of thrush for my trouble. In terms of therapeutics, I don't find the new formulation works at all well for me. The Dr. gave me a sample of Symbicort to try last time I was in to see him--much better for me. | M | 48 | 15 years | 2/16/2009 | 1 | allergic asthma | Irritability, difiance, oppositional, uncontrollable, sassy mouth, "out-there" | My usually mild mannered 4yo son has turned into a defiant monster. He is not listening to adults, is hyper and is about to kicked off the pre-k bus if he mouths off to the bus driver 1 more time. The doctore prescribed flovent to him 2 puffs 2x perday and his behavior changes started within days. When we knocked his dose down or accidently forgot to give it to him, he started to go back to the sweet caring little boy that we know he is. We shouldn't have to choose between "asthma control" and "good behavior". I can't believe how sever this side effect is. I am contacting the doctor to switch his meds, but i'm not sure "WHAT" to put him on that won't cause the same problems. | M | 4 | 3 months | 2/5/2009 | 5 | asthma, nighttime cough | none | I'm shocked at the side effects people are mentioning. My son has seasonal asthma. Nov. - April, he develops a nighttime cough. It's pretty bad, keeps him and the rest of the household up. He has taken Flovent 2puffs, twice a day. I can sometimes drop to 1 puff twice a day, but not this year. His doctor added Singulair to his therapy and that is when we saw the side effects. Fortunately, I ran out of the med and we decided not to have it refilled, the Flovent is enough and we haven't added anything else. I am seeing a Pulmonary Specialist today just to cover all my bases. My pediatrician has been managing everything up to this point. | M | 8 | 6 years | 1/22/2009 | 1 | Asthma | Rage, anger, hallucinations, opposition, defiance, ADD, night terrors | We took our 8 y.o. son off Flovent on April 3, 2008 after having him on it for over 6 years. The changes have been dramatic. He is now a straight A student. All the side effects have vanished. We actually have a pretty regular 9 y.o. boy now! I would suggest alternative therapies before ever putting my child on this deamon drug. | M | 9 | 6 years | 1/22/2009 | 4 | asthma | No side effects at all. I did notice a huge (almost 2 inches!) growth spurt while off the med during the summer. Hearing about the possibility of stunted growth almost turned us away from using Flovent. I'm happy we didn't. Once the medication is stopped, the child is supposed to "catch up". | My 6 yr old son has been using Flovent since he was 2 1/2 yrs old for asthma. Two puffs (via spacer) once a day as a preventative and during flare ups he gets two puffs 3 times a day combined with Xopenex. Miracle drugs! | M | 6 | 4 years | 1/20/2009 | 4 | Seasonal Asthma | Fatigue, lethargy, hoarseness | Severe seasonal asthma triggered by winter weather on top of the inevitable first cold or flu of the year. Had taken Advair with great success in the past, but this year Nurse Practitioner *gave* me a free Flovent provided by the drug company rep. I can say that it works - one puff 2x/day and I have used my emergency puffer perhaps once a week even in the extreme cold. However, I'm tired, in every sense of the word! Bone-tired, sleepy, lack of ambition, etc. In addition, my voice goes inexplicably hoarse, then gone completely, only to return for no reason. I would rather be on a steroid that didn't have these side effects, but I am deeply grateful not to have the severe asthma symptoms anymore and do trust that Flovent, regardless of the side effects, is doing the job. | F | 44 | 30 days | 1/17/2009 | 1 | Asthma | Mood swings, trouble falling asleep, nightmares, anxiety and new fears, aggressive, uncontrolled crying and feeling very frustrated, constant need to urinate. | This drug helped control my daughters asthma but it is not worth these side effects. At first I blamed her for the changes and then I was ready to go to counseling but after stopping the Flovent she is back to my perfect little girl. I experienced similar problems with Singulair. It is so frustrating to get relief but worry about what other problems the medication will cause. Good luck to all of you reading this and remember to never put your trust completely in a drug or doctor...parents do konw best! | F | 6 | 2 months | 1/7/2009 | 2 | Asthma | moody, sleeplessness, hallucinations, anxiety | This morning, my son told me he has trouble with colors - they tend to change somehow. If his teacher is writing in blue on the board, some of it will turn red, or green. It's happening 4-5 times a day! He is depressed, moody, anxious, and has lots of trouble sleeping. He had a nightmare winter last year with severe respitory problems and complex hallucinations. After giving him more and more and more meds that didn't work, we pulled him off of everything. After six weeks of withdrawl and anxiety councelling, he returned back to normal. He had a great sympom-free summer! With fall/winter, his asthma returned, so we started Flovent again a few months ago. I thought the mood swings were just part of being a pre-teen, but now that the hallucinations are returning, I bet Flovent is the reason he's so unhappy. Thanks for this site! It's helped a lot and we will not let him take Flovent again!!! | M | 11 | 3 months | 1/6/2009 | 5 | Asthma | My daughter is one month shy of 5, and has been using flovent for almost 2 years with no adverse reactions. She gets one puff once a day before bedtime. I increase the dosage when she has a cold. Before flovent she was using QVar and it didn't work. She has had only one wheezing episode this year that required her to use her albuterol inhaler. Flovent works very well for her. | F | 4 | 2 years | 12/21/2008 | 4 | Asthma, COPD | No adverse side effects. | On reading, I see some doses appear excessive! The only complaint I had initially was sore throat, but rinsing very well with very warm water after each inhalation eliminates this problem. I also wish there was a magic bullet for our ailment!! | F | 73 | 10 years | 12/17/2008 | 5 | asthma | none | My son has severe asthma and has been taking flovent for well over 4 years. It has lessened his need for the albuterol and has allowed him to lead a very active life. He uses it with a spacer and takes 2 puffs 2x a day. He was switched to pulmicort at one point and started having problems within a couple of days. Once he switched back he has been fairly free from any attacks. The only thing I do wonder about is the long term effects from taking this. I notice with this board is that parents are focusing on the very negative effects of steroids - ask about a lower dose. IMO the suppression of asthma is very important. When your kid has a full blown attack and ends up on liquid steroids, one sees a kid who is truly out of control. My kid take flovent, singulair, claritin, and lives with an air purifier. He plays hockey, hunts and skateboards. Prior to taking flovent he missed days of school, when he caught a cold and was too prone to an attack to be sent. Now his asthma is so stabilized | M | 9 | 4 years | 12/7/2008 | 5 | asthma | None | My son takes this 2 puffs 2 times a day during the winter and spring months. It helps him with his asthma and I don't need to use the rescue inhaler. | M | 5 | 1 years | 11/22/2008 | 1 | Asthma | Insomnia, whinning, irritability, hyperactivity | My 5 yr old daughter was on flovent for controlling asthma for two years. Her only side effect was that she would not sleep much. She would lay in bed and whisper and play with her hands. MD eventually agreed to take her off of it and she has slept soundly since. Our 2 yr old son was just prescribed it and, although he already was a bit whinny and moody, his behavior has worsened 10 fold. Interestingly enough he also lays in bed whispering and playing with his hands like his sister did. Going to MD today to discuss alternatives. | M | 2 | 7 days | 11/21/2008 | 2 | asthma | bruising, muscle cramps, weight loss, frequent urination, hypogylcemia, fatigue, carbohydrate intolerance. I now have secondary adrenal suppression due to flovent, it has been 8 years since my diagnosis and it's been somewhat of a nightmare. | I took flovent for about 5 years. The last couple of years I was on 220 mcg 2 puffs twice a day. My pulmonolgist had me increase my dose to 4 puffs twice a day for a week; when I tried to decrease my dose I got nauseated and weak. I finally decreased my dose to 220 mcg 2 puffs twice a day after about 2 1/2 weeks and then I started having all my symptoms of adrenal insufficiency. | F | 51 | | 11/16/2008 | 1 | daughter (2) Asthma | In a matter of hours of taking her first 2 puffs of FLOVENT, my daughter went from being happy, outgoing,non whinny, active and enjoyable to crying uncontrollably, hitting, not sleeping well, clingy, whinny, ect...it has been almost 24 hours and we are starting to see our nice girl come back! We had a similar reaction with SINGULAR! My daughter suffers from asthma whenever she gets a cold which is just about every month now that she is in school, the allegist percribbed FLOVENT to her to help reduce the instance of asthma during colds but I am going to have to find some other way because I cannot stand to see her so miserable on this medication. | F | 32 | 1 days | 11/9/2008 | 2 | Asthma | My son experienced night terrors, insomnia, aggression, mood swings, and crying spells. His dramatic change in behavior was noticed immediately by his teacher. We had similar problems when he was on Singular also. | It did well in controlling his asthma, but his meltdowns, anxiety and depression are not worth it. I am going to seek other alternatives. | M | 8 | 2 weeks | 11/8/2008 | 4 | chronic lung disease | none | my young premature infant was put on this after unable to administer 6 doses of nebulizer treatments a day. he had RSV twice last winter and needed Prednisolone both times to get the wheezing to stop... since being on flovent he has had respritory infections without any wheezing and easily managed by rest and tylenol. no albuterol even needed. he was not given singular with his, and i do agree that those whose children were, should look into the drug interaction between the two, or the side effects of the singular alone, being on several different types of meds myself, i cannot take several allergy meds as they have extreme interactions with many medications. | M | 1 | 6 months | 10/29/2008 | 4 | child's allergic asthma | My husband and I noticed that our son had a constant headache within a week of beginning the Flovent. We took him to his physician and discovered that the headaches were due to a sinus infection. We cannot blame this on the Flovent as our 6-year old is prone to infections and it is not uncommon for him to get one. He has complained of his mouth being dry a couple of times. By the way, his headache went away after he began taking his antibiotic for the sinus infection and have not come back. | I was very surprised to read these comments. I was beginning to feel that this is a forum intended only to bash this medication. My child has been taking the Flovent for only 3 1/2 weeks but has shown drastic improvement in most of the areas that everyone else is saying has gotten worse. His teacher says that he is on task all the time and that his grades have improved. We've seen no sign of aggression or agitation. He goes to sleep as he always has and has not complained of nightmares. This drug has been miraculous for him. This is a child who constantly had to use his nebulizer and is allergic to nearly everything. He is a changed boy, but for the better. He hasn't used his nebulizer since he began taking Flovent. If any person has concerns about a medication, talk to your doctor. Even better, talk to your pharmacist as they know more about drug compounds than doctors do. | M | 6 | 3 weeks | 10/27/2008 | 2 | allergy induced asthma | All though this med did seem to help her breathig not worth all the same horrible side effects that my husband and myself were blaming on behavioral problems in our previously well behaved ,well mannered,respectful,good student,sweet 6 year old little girl. She was no longer considered a good child, | Her 98% school work quickly dropped to a 85% in a one month period of time, she could no longer stay on task or follow simple instructions. What have I done to my child? I was never even warned of any possible side effects, I feel like the worst parent blaming her for being defiant for no reason just all of a sudden!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Stopping this med. NOW | F | 32 | 1.5 months | 10/22/2008 | 2 | recurrent pneumonia | irritability, sleeplessness, agressive behavior | My 14 month old started using this medication after 2 episodes of pneumonia within 4 weeks. Since starting this she has been up most of the night unable to sleep for some reason. I looked up the side effects and no where on the medication's list did it say may cause insomnia. She has also had extreme thirst and been cranky and throwing fits and tantrums over and over throughout the day. She never did this before taking the Flovent. She has even began waving her arms and crying hysterically, screaming, and hitting when she is angered by the littlest thing. Thank goodness for finding this website and seeing that others have had some of these same experiences. If it can affect older children and adults this way her poor little 14 month old body must really be feeling it! | F | 1 | 7 days | 10/20/2008 | 1 | asthma | extreme hyperactivity, not listening, being aggressive with other students in school, defying the teachers instructions | seemed to help control the asthma but not worth the side effects. he has always been an active boy but never had any issues until he started flovent. the side effects started immediatly, has only been taking it for about a week and a half. takes it two puffs in morning and two puffs at night as well | M | 4 | 1 weeks | 10/20/2008 | 2 | ASTHMA | SLEEP INTERUPTION; NIGHTMARES. | I'm 49 yrs old. Have usually well controlled, allergy induced asthma. I used Advair whenever I had a cold or my allergies were not under control w/Allegra, etc. The Dr switched me to Flovent because of new info about Advair's possibly fatal side-effects. I figured out after a couple of weeks that the Flovent caused my sleep problems. I didn't find these side effects listed on the medical info websites. | F | 49 | 14 days | 10/15/2008 | 1 | 6 year old daughter for asthma | severe mood swings, uncontrolable anger, screaming, physically aggressive, destructive, increased appetite, difficulty going to sleep | It may control asthma but there needs to be a better warning lable for severe side effects. | F | 6 | 2 months | 9/8/2008 | 1 | Asthma coughing | autistic behavior was intensified. | An update to my post from last December. I stopped giving my son both the Flovent and Flonase and it slowly took a few months for him to get back to his "regular" self, but he did. | 7 | | 6/27/2008 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | Agressive behavior; long,explosive tantrums with head banging; sleep issues; "zoning out" to extremes; looked "through" you; rarely spoke. | We saw immediate changes within 24 hours of first skipped day (had been taking 1 puff/day). Had been diagnosed as PDD-NOS due to these issues; Once the med was stopped, he no longer exhibited the symptoms mentioned above. It has been nearly 12 weeks Flovent-free, and we have a new child and a new life! | M | 3.5 | 1.5 years | 6/21/2008 | 1 | asthma induced by viral infections | crying, out of control behavior, not listening, mean | I have been going crazy trying to figure out what happened to my nice boy? Every approach to discipline has failed lately. My son was on flovent 2x per day and I have brought it down to only 1 and there are still side effects. I can't even leave the room without him having a total melt down and he is 5 - never did this when he was a toddler. The same behavior happened when we tried Singulair. Isn't there something else to manange his asthma? | M | 5 | 1 months | 6/18/2008 | 2 | Seasonal Asthma | My daughter was prescribed Flovent after a 2 day stay at the hospital. It seemed to control her asthma, however I started getting reports from her daycare provider and gymnastics coach that they have had to give her multiple timeouts because she would not listen, and was aggressive towards other children which was out of her character. She does not sleep completely through the night and has become moody on some days. She has only been on this medication for 2 1/2 weeks and takes 2 puffs twice a day. I am going to reduce her medication and make an appointment with her doctor for an alternative treatment plan. | F | 4 | 2 weeks | 5/10/2008 |
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