FLOVENT Reviews (FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (338 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLOVENT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLOVENT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | respitory, clear lungs | none | where to find information, doesn't appear to do anything, no generic equal, expensive. | M | 78 | | 12/24/2000 | 4 | asthma | none | helped me breathe better | M | 13 | | 12/29/2000 | 5 | Asthma | None | M | 79 | | 1/6/2003 | 4 | asthma | dry mouth, masty taste | F | 28 | 2 years | 4/28/2003 | 5 | Borderline Asthma | None | Very effective if taken regularly. Will prevent attacks from happening, but will not help when attack is already happening. | F | 36 | 4 years | 4/28/2004 | 1 | asthma-like cough | Weight gain; advanced bone age and suppressed growth in child. | Find a doctor who will closely monitor children/be honest. Tests done w/Flovent are only a few months in duration and not long-term. Monitor your child yourself and be an advocate. We learned the hard way that Flovent is very powerful in kids under 12, even on minimum dosage. | F | 11 | 2 years | 7/31/2004 | 5 | Asthamatic condition | No side effects | Helps relieve gasping and congestion. It also appears to relieve sore throats. | M | 59 | 3 years | 8/12/2004 | 5 | Asthma related to allergies | A rarely need to use albuterol taking this medication. You do need to take it religiously or relaspe can occur. | M | 33 | 4 years | 9/5/2004 | 5 | Severe Asthma | No side effects. Inhaled steriods are FAR less risky than taking oral steroids. | This is the only medication I have used that WORKED. I have carried my albuterol around religiously since I was 8 years old. I have discovered that while I am on Flovent, I no longer care if I even have my albuterol nearby! That's how wonderful this has been for me! | F | 29 | 2 years | 10/16/2004 | 3 | Asthma | My voice has become continuously hoarse - it does help, though. | F | 44 | 1 weeks | 10/18/2004 | 3 | Asthma | I have taken a series of inhaled steroids since I was about 11 yrs. One side effect of all of them is significant weight gain. Another, that I have only become aware of in hind-sight is stunted growth. I keep myself on as low a dose as possible now, but when I do have to increase the dosage due to cold/allergies I gain weight all over again. As well, I bruise much more easily. The combination of Flovent with other steroids, such as Flonase is particularly problematic in these regards. | F | 26 | 9 years | 10/20/2004 | 4 | Asthma | None | Took nearly a month to notice effects. Been flare free for three months now. | M | 3 | 4 months | 1/3/2005 | 1 | Respiratory Infection | Although Flovent (in conjunction w/ other meds) allowed me to breathe easier and cough less when I suffered from respiratory infection almost 2 years ago, it raised blood glucose level (400+) and blood pressure (180/100+) drastically which made me feel weaker and tired (even though my breathing was improving). I was on Flovent for a couple of months and, following such hypertension + hyperglycemic conditions, I have become a Type 1 Diabetic (irreversibly). Sadly, I've also developed retinopathy as well, despite good glucose control (90-110 average) after I was diagnosed with diabetes and put off Flovent. | Although this drug is known to be very effective for many patients, it could be fatal to others as I found out the hard way. Unfortunately for me it was the latter --- but we had no way of knowing that Flovent would cause irreversible diabetes in my case. Living with diabetes is not easy... :( | M | 36 | 2 months | 1/24/2005 | 3 | Asthma | none | Taking this medicine along with serevent finally freed me from daily nebulizer treatments! Technology marches on though, and for my asthma I'm now on Advair and will never go back. | F | 22 | 4 years | 4/29/2005 | 1 | misdiagnosed asthma | Son now 11 bone age 7 per endocrinologist. Took son to endocrinologist over concerns of lack of growth. Began expressing my concerns at age 9 when growth supposedly should have resumed. It did not. Child experienced lack of growth as well as bruising which resulted in several tests to determine cause of bruising. Child sensitive to the side effects of this drug. Just found out this week he does not have asthma he was misdiagnosed and has Vocal Cord Dysfunction which mimics asthma. According to my research 20 - 30 % of asthma cases are misdiagnosed. This is especially true in children. | I would not use this drug with a child who shows signs of growth suppression. I would also be sure your child has the correct diagnosis of asthma through the use of a methacholine challenge. Therefore you will not be exposing you child to the harmful effects of this drug if it is not necessary. | M | 11 | 4 years | 5/5/2005 | 4 | Asthma | Occasional headaches. | Works wonders for asthma. No ER visits this past winter! | F | 5 | 5 months | 6/24/2005 | 5 | asthma | weight gain, pre diabetic, tired, weekness, blood pressure fluctuates | This is a very good asthma medicine but the side effects have been dramtic for me. Had to change to a pill form of another asthma medicine, Singulair. | F | 38 | 3 months | 7/28/2005 | 3 | persistent asthma | My 8 year old son has experienced growth suppression. He used to be in the 95th percentile, and is now in the 50th. His bone age is 5.5 years old. He is also being investigated for possible adrenal fatigue. (due to extremely low cortisol levels) | M | 8 | 3 years | 9/19/2005 | 1 | asthma | My son took Flovent for about 3 years, and I always wondered if it was making him a bit harder to get along with, altho his behavior was well within range of normal. Then, when he turned 5, he developed severe behavioral problems. He became irritable, aggressive, overly sensitive. He would regularly hit, kick and bite me and his little sister. When placed in time-out, he would do damage to his room, at one point even breaking a window pane. We reduced his initial dose and saw no decrease in this behavior. We reduced it again to just one puff a day and, within a few days, our sweet, kind, pre-Flovent little boy was back. Also discovered Flovent can predispose you to glaucoma, which we have a strong history of in our family. Have discontinued the medicine. | Flovent worked very well to control my son's asthma. But the price was FAR too high. Parents should be warned to watch carefully for behavioral side effects. We spent a year going a parenting improvement program--only to discover that we were fine parents, as long as our son wasn't on Flovent! | M | 5 | 3 years | 10/12/2005 | 4 | 4 | My daughter started taking flovent when she was a toddler, around 1 year old. We took her off it at 3 and a half because she wasn't having asthma symptoms anymore and we weren't even sure we believed she had asthma. After taking her off of it she had a HUGE growth spurt. From 25 lbs and 38" tall to 37.5 lbs and 42" tall, in just a couple of months! It was definetly stunting her growth. | It did work well for her persistant coughing. | F | 3 | 2 years | 12/31/2005 |
FLOVENT (FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE): Fluticasone is used to treat certain growths in the nose (nasal polyps). It belongs to a class of drugs known as corticosteroids. Fluticasone works by reducing swelling (inflammation) in the nasal passages. This can help decrease symptoms such as stuffy nose. FDA Approval Date: 1996-03-27 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)