There are 196 ratings for the drug: FLOVENT in the Askapatient database.

Key to ratings for flovent: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine.

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5	asthma	none	inhaling one puff two times daily has really helped me - no more attacks, do not need to carry my albuterol with me.	M	42	1 months		1/29/2007
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	Asthma	None		M	79			1/6/2003
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	breathing problems/asthma	some behavior problems, anger, emotional (with bigger doses than currently taking)	My 5 yr. old son now uses the inhaled version (instead of a nebulizer) at the lowest strength possible once a day and his behavior problems are gone. We were trying two times a day through the winter, but he experienced the same behavior and emotional problems others listed, so the doctor went back to once a day and he's great.	M	5	1 years		1/12/2008
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
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 Email
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
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
5	asthma	noproblem	perect for 10year old	M	15	6 months		5/21/2009
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
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
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	repeated bronchitis / coughing	My 18 month old has been coughing for months, Paediatrician started him on Singulair (our daughter is on this as well & has had great results) and the Ventolin & Flovent puffers. He has been irritable, eating has been off & on, wired, and falls asleep easily at night, but wakes in the night with what appears to be bad dreams & gas, and is awake for a minimum of 2 hours.... Not fun, and it's every night... We're exhausted, he's cranky.	We do feel the Flovent is helping to decrease his cough & dry it up. Since he's been on antibiotics for bronchitis about 10 times in his short life, it seems like a better change to make, but we're not sure we can handle the night waking for an extended period of time. Are there other options? My daughter did not have any of these side effects & still takes the Flovent/Ventolin frequently.... The Paediatrician has also prescribed a mask & machine, is the medicine different? We had to order it in & hasn't arrived yet. Maybe we'd be better off using this....	M	1.5	2 weeks		2/29/2008 Email
4	Asthma	None	Took nearly a month to notice effects. Been flare free for three months now.	M	3	4 months		1/3/2005
4	Asthma	Mild hoarseness	Branded as Flixotide which appears to be identical to Flovent. Two weeks since starting to use it my lungs don't feel fully open but neither have I had to use Ventolin for the first time in maybe 20 years. The effect on my voice is not pleasant. The effect on my speech has been to diminish its strength...it feels and sounds weak and soft.	M	62	14 days		12/8/2007
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
4	asthma	none	helped me breathe better	M	13			12/29/2000
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 Email
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
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 Email
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 Email
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
3	breathing difficulties	My 27 month old son was prescibed Flovent at the ER when he had a sudden respiratory attack (wheezing/labored breathing/rib cage moving when breathing). As of today, my son has not been diagnosed with either asthma or allergies. Family doc said that there is a fine line between the two and to continue using the inhalers for the next few weeks. He gets very angry and edgy after using it.		M	2	9 days		9/14/2006
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 Email
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 Email
3	respitory, clear lungs	none	where to find information, doesn't appear to do anything, no generic equal, expensive.	M	78			12/24/2000
3	asthma	angry, severe sensitivity with his feelings, almost impossible to please, physically violent, slapping, punching, trying to choke people, biting, pinching, shoving. severe back talk including physical threats..very moody	i've had my son on this medication for about 4 wks now..within a few days my husband and i noticed a change in his behavior..after a couple of weeks of being on it the change was obvious..i'm so grateful i found this site and have seen other children with similar symptoms..he also started taking singulair a week after he started flovent which seemed to magnify the effect..if your child is on singulair beware of the same types of symptoms..i've discontinued both of these medications as of today..i'd rather administer the albuterol more frequently until i can find a better controlling medication than to have a child in such misery..i'll post the results in a few days	M	5	4 weeks		11/10/2007
3	asthma	Son has been on this for at least 4 or 5 yrs now. It did help his asthma, but appears to be unable to continue to do so without increasing it. I often suspected a connection with his bad headaches, and being much more emotional , but could never prove it. Was "poo Pooed" over my connection, then this last year we noticed weight gain in his chest, back & abdomen, but not his other body parts, he's had two asthma attacks that required hospital visits ( answer ... give more so he doesn't react to seasonal allergies) he's also begun to have regular severe stomach aches ... I took him off of it for 3 mo this year and he grew by leaps & bounds. He was born very tall and ranked 99th percentile in in height, 50% in weight till he was put on flovent, now he is one of the shortest kids in his class. The Dr does not believe his increased trunk weight has to do with the flovent. I dissagree, it doesn't look "natural" and came on suddenly. I worry about taking him off, b	It did seem to help control his asthma for a long time. I am terrified of the long term damage it may cause or may already have caused, now that i can see other connections in other kids. It looks to be good for adults & bad for kids ... I wish I had found this sooner ... I have hunted the internet at least 4 times over the last 4 yrs and only now am finding the connections.	M	12	4 years		11/29/2007
3	asthma	irritable, headaches, emotional	my son has been taking flixitide same as flovent as a preventor on and off for a few years. He takes ventolin when needed. His asthma over the years has been getting worse. So I've been looking for answers and I think the ventolin has been making it worse. The past few weeks we've been practising butekyo breathing method and I can say It has been MIRACULOUS we've halved his preventer. Look into it. I bought a book about it , but there are people who teach the exercises.	M	8	2 years		2/12/2008
3	mild to moderate asthma	severe irritability, mood swings, dizziness, nausea, headaches	this drug controls my sons asthma well and at a low daily maintenance dose (1 puff daily) side effects have been negligible for several years of treatment, but have always suspected it caused irritability when a higher dose was required. He has recently had to be on an extended dose of 4 puffs daily due to 2 viruses back to back. He has been complaining constantly of headaches, nausea, dizziness and the mood swings are unbelievable. Will be talking to our dr. about trying something different.	M	8	5 years		3/4/2008
3	Asthma	Night terrors. Emotional instability. Fatigue and difficulty sleeping. Moody.	My son is 5yrs old. He had asthmas as a toddler and used Flovent then. It helped. We had some behaviour issues, but thought that it was because of his age and did not consider that it might have been because of the medication. Recently, unfortunately, the astma has returned--likely due to allergies. He was put on Flovent two separate times and both times after a couple days we saw past behaviour issues return. The night terrors caused us to wonder if it wasn't linked to the Flovent. As soon as we stopped the medication, the night terrors stopped as well.	M	5	7 days		1/27/2008
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
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
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
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	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 Email
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
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 Email
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
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
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 Email
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
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
2	Allergy/cold induced asthma/cough	Severe mood swings, sleeplessness, anger, whining, violent behavior.	Terrible! My 4 year-old son has been on and off Flovent for 6 months. My husband noticed right way the change in behavior. I thought something in school was triggering it and didn't believe it was the med. We took him off Flovent and he was happy and back to his old self. Then, he had to go back on it recently and he sprouted horns again. He started using Singulair too which seemed to make it even worse. His teachers couldn't handle him, he started hitting, having angry outbursts, whining all the time, crying, wouldn't nap, didn't want to play with his friends. Now I believe my husband is right and my son is off the med for good. Fortunately he doesn't desperately need it. His Drs. are going to hear about this.......other kids, and their parents should be spared from this. Flovent and singulair should be taken off the market.	M	4	6 months		12/13/2007 Email
2	Child's athsma? allergies?	Sleeplessness, aimlessness, aggression, rage, moodiness, uncooperative; just not himself.	Before our son started taking Flovent, he was for the most part a happy little guy! He's normally very energetic, but all of a sudden we noticed a HUGE change in his behavior.Thank God I decided to look this up! A lot of these describe our son to a tee. He hits, rages, he's stopped napping, wakes during the night even when we think he should be exhausted. He's over-active, aimless, and defiant. I was beginning to think that we had a monster on our hands... We have an appointment with the allergy specialist in two days, until then NO MORE FLOVENT!!!	M	2	10 days		10/17/2007
2	asthma	Roid-rage is the best way I can think. Over the top anger, agression like I've never seen in a normal 4 year old. Other side effects are little clearing throat noises all the time.	Yes, Flovent has stopped the asthma sypmtoms so he is no longer needing Albuterol. But, the behavior side effects are enough that tomorrow I will take him off and call the dr. for a new med. When your kid says to you "i want to stop this bad behavior but i don't know how. it seems to hard." and you realize he seems like he has a severe case of PMS, it makes you think. I have a nice, sensitive, thoughtful, normal 4 year old who sometimes has tantrums like most kids. But in the past month, he's turned into something that I've thought to myself is best described as a monster. I've wondered if he needs a psych eval. Or if I do. I've wondered how he turned into such an evil boy without me noticing. Yikes! Why isn't this info more accessible out there?	M	4	30 days		11/6/2007 Email
1	Allergy Induces Asthma	Aggression, Loss of Control, Trouble Sleeping, Anger, Major Behavior Issues	It is such a relief to read other parents are having behavioral issues with children on Flovent! My son is so angry and emotional on this medicine and the Doc says, "oh, he's just a boy". I am printing this site out and taking it to the allergist asap and demanding a different solution. And to think I've been researching child psychologists to take him to!!!	M	6	1.5 years		5/21/2007
1	Asthma - recently diagnosed	My son was on Flovent for 4 weeks when I noticed him becoming much more combative than usual (he's 14). But I didn't put it together until he began arguing about EVERYTHING and bouncing off the walls, literally.	I had a light bulb moment and ran to my puter. I typed in FLOVENT BEHAVIOR CHANGES and this webpage popped up. Thank goodness! I called the Dr. the next day and took him off it and he returned to normal within a day!	M	14	1 months		10/5/2007
1	allergies/asthma	rage,sensitivity,tantrums,whining,screaming,panting,clingyness and constipation	my son was on this med for almost 1 week.2 puffs twice a day.his ped said he has asthma or allergies and that coughing could be a sign of that.i brought him in for his cold that included a fever.i have never heard of asthma causing a fever but i decided to try the flovent anyway.what a horrible decision.my son became a little devil.he started running around the house until he was panting and coughing right after a few puffs.he refused to eat a whole meal or drink enough fluids.his face would become flushed and then he would start wheezing.my son has never wheezed or started to pant from playing until i started the flovent.at night he clings to me and cries when i tell him i have to leave the room.i can't even discipline him like i used to because as soon as i tell him no he get hysterical and starts bawling.he seriously looks heartbroken when i try to discipline him.he has been off the flovent for a week but he's still having the side effects.i was told this would help him and i was no	M	2.5	6.5 days		11/19/2007
1	Seasonal Asthma	Anger, Hyperactivity, Inablility to Focus,	Our son was prescribed Flovent after a scary 2 days in the hospital for seasonal asthma. After taking for 2 days about 20 minutes after 2 puffs our child turned in to a someone we did not know, a very angry kid that would become fixated on a single event and then could not let it go. He would scream, cry, fight, and remain fixated for 30 minutes or so, then would crash and sleep for hours. We have taken him off this medication and we have our son back. We'll have him take albuterol for any wheezing. Albuterol doesn't make him feel so terrible.	M	5	4 days		12/9/2007
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
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
1	Asthma	My son has been taking medicine for over a year. While it did control his asthma, he caused severe agression. We are now taking him off the medication.	My doctor did see other patients with similar reaction to Flovent however not reported in studies. We ran out of med for over a week and the change in behavoir was dramatic! Put him back on and the glazed look came over him and agression began	M	5	1 years		4/20/2007 Email
1	Asthma	My 8 year old son has been on this for at least 6 years. I'm reading these stories of rage, anger, anxiety, night-terrors, opposition, defiance, hallucinations, etc and seeing my son in every word! We have had him to therapists and doctors for this and nothing seems to work. We are taking him off this medication NOW as his asthma is very controlled and hope the rage/anger subsides.	His asthma has been well managed but if the side affects he's experiencing are caused by this drug then I'll be talking with an attorney. Try something else before you try this!	M	8	6 years		4/3/2008 Email
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
1	allergic asthma	aggression, excessive and unusual moodiness/over-sensitivity, sporadic appetite, urinary incontinence (reverting back to earlier stage of potty training)	My son has been taking Flovent for 15 days. For the past 4 days, we've noticed a sudden and extreme increase in his moodiness and aggression--something we also noticed when he was on Singulair for about 2 weeks last spring. This is not "normal" behavior for him, and seems to us to be directly linked to these two drugs. We're discontinuing immediately, and I know his doctor will say aggression isn't a side effect, as the only one he informed me of was the growth stunting effect, even after I told him of our experience with Singulair. If there hasn't been a formal study about it, our doctors won't acknowledge it--at least not to a degree to enable them to actually warn us about the potential side effects!	M	4.5	15 days		1/26/2008
1	Seasonal Allergies/ Asthmatic Cough	Change in appetite from one extreme to the other (not eating all day to pigging out on others), getting very emotional with crying outbursts, severe aggression towards others including myself, no respect for authority (ex talking back or just not listening), rapid heartbeat, overactive, nightmares, clingy the list can go on and on	I have spent the last two years losing my mind trying to figure out what was going on with my once well behaved, well mannered son. Including therapy, counseling and talking to other parents. I have lost out on sleep, found myself always having to say sorry to others for his behavior, very stressed over it all and most of all afraid to discipline him because how he may react and unsure what was truly going on with him.	M	4	2 years		12/17/2007 Email
1	asthma, cough	My 6-year old son is on the autistic spectrum, high functioning. Since the medicine, he has shown signs of full-blown autism. Stimming like crazy, tantrums, does funny rolling things with the eyes. I didn't realize it was the flovent until last night. This past week, his neurologist said he was like "jekyl and hyde", his speech therapist couldn't get over how nasty he was and the stimming was unbelievable and my girlfriend (another spectrum mom) who we haven't seen for three weeks, told me SHE wanted to cry, she was afraid of him, all of his autistic tendencies (he does have tendencies, they were just somewhat controllable) just came out intensified overnight. We finally pinpointed it. Stopped it cold turkey and praying he goes back to his "normal" self. Could this cause permanent damage like vaccines do with some kids on the spectrum?	Cough stopped immediately.	M	6	4 weeks		12/20/2007 Email
1	Viral Induced Asthma	Thank heavens for this web site. I knew something was wrong as soon as my 5 year old son woke up the next day after his first dose. If I could have hooked him up to an electric generator he could have powered a small city. Aggression, loss of self control, mood swings, became obsessive about certain things he previously had no interest in. He constantly had to make noise, even if it was just a slight humming sound while he ate. He was a different kid. Stopped the treatment after five days. Was seriously worried he was going to hurt himself or his younger brother. Why this isn't listed as possible side effect I don't know.		M	5	5 days		2/13/2008
1	Asthma/Croup preventative	Side Effects? They should be called mind & body altering effects! I wouldn't call living with a little devil a "side effect"! :) Flovent is horrible! We have "tested" this medicine several times by taking him off and putting him back on to monitor the aggression issues we felt were being caused by Flovent. On the medicine for about a week he becomes the devil! He has unbelievable tantrums. His aggression towards himself and other members of the family are truly scary. He hits himself, kicks, screams and becomes unruly and irrational over minor issues (like not wanting to wear a certain pair of shoes or socks, etc.) His fierce tantrums can last an hour or longer. They are severe and he's excruciatingly persistent on winning. His sleeping patterns are also affected. Bedtime is a nightly battle often not falling asleep until 10/11pm. He wakes at all hours of the night and is ready to rise when it is still dark outside. After several trials, he returns to norm	Flovent is in the trash! My daughter takes Q-var with no known side effects to us so we will ask to be switched to this. We have given Flovent several tries and are now convinced that this medicine is NOT for our son. We are all miserable when he's on this.	M	3	1 years		4/23/2007 Email
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
1	asthma	My son started taking Flovent when he was 3 1/2 and became very aggressive. He would say very violent things and became dangerous to be around.	As soon as we stopped the medication he returned to his normal self.	M	4.5	5 days		12/15/2006
1	asthma	My son started taking Flovent when he was 3 1/2 and became very aggressive. He would say very violent things and became dangerous to be around.	As soon as we stopped the medication he returned to his normal self.	M	4.5	5 days		12/15/2006
1	asthma and allergies	My son 4, has been taking flovent for almost a year. His coughing has lessened but his aggression is out of control. He has kicked, slapped, and punched me in the last few months. He has completely changed behaviorally. I will discontinue this drug and switch to something else as soon as I can because I am scared our relationship is being affected by this medication far more than it's helping. I have since had to go on a depression medication because of the stress this drug has put onto our family.	I would definitely test this medication on a short time basis and look for similar behavior before committing any child to it.	M	4	1 years		2/7/2007
1	asthma	since they changed one of the ingredients in flovent,every time i take a puff my chest gets tight and i get shortness of breath,this never happened before they changed the ingredient,i can't use this medicine anymore,whats another good asthma medicine.		M	45	6 years		2/8/2007 Email
1	4-year-old Virus induced asthma	Thank goodness for this website --- we knew something was wrong after 3 days of giving our son Flovent! We went to a specialist and our son was given an Asthma Plan for us to follow regaring Virus Induced Asthma and were told to give him Singular 1x/day, along with 44 mcg of Flovent; however, when a "flare-up" occurred we were to give him 110 mcg of Flovent for 7 days, along with Albuterol by inhaler. We did this for 3 days and then stopped. Our son is a very happy boy and after waking up from his sleep and a nap, his whole behavior changed dramatically: crying/screaming, kicking, throwing his body around, became unfocused, throwing objects, waking up at night kicking/whining. It took him about an hour to settle down each time. For 2 1/2 years we've used Albuterol and Pulmicort in a nebulizer and have never had these side effects. We called the specialist and spoke to the nurse and she said she wasn't familiar with these side effects, but kindly said that "we know	Stopping it after 3 days!	M	4	3 days		1/3/2008
1	Asthma	Within 3 days of my 5 yr old being put on Flovent my son was gone and Satan had decided to take his place. He was bouncing off the walls within minutes of inhaling it. He would literally RUN for the next two hours. The whole time singing,growling,yelling. He would then pass out and go to sleep. The temper tantrums were unreal. The minute he was told no he would attack you. Screaming,scratching,biting,hitting,etc My dr said that these were not side effects of Flovent and that I should get my son couseling. I said he never did this before going on Flovent. She told me to keep him on it. I left,went home and threw the Flovent out. I will NOT be using giving that to my son again. It has beem 4 days since stopping the Flovent. My child is back to normal and we have a new dr. Not all drs know what they are doing.	I do not even think my son has asthma. He has never had an attack. He has allergies just like everyone in our family. Runny nose,dark circles under his eyes,watery eyes. Our new dr does not think he has astham either. He has an appt for allergy tests next week.	M	5	8 days		4/24/2006 Email
1	Asthma Preventative	My 3 year old son used Flovent for almost a year before we figured out that it was causing his agressive, out-of-control behavior. He had trouble at his preschool and we felt completely out of control. When summer hit, we decided to wean him off and our sweet boy returned. But we didn't make the connection until we started him on it again when a teacher commented about his coughing & sounding "asthmatic." After only one day, his teacher complained of his disrespectful behavior and he was a complete monster as compared to the day before...it finally dawned on us to research side effects. (He had the same side effects taking Zyrtec for allergies, which is what the ped. said he had before diagnosing him with asthma).	I would not recommend this for young children. Would love to hear of alternatives for controlling asthma (if my son even really has it).	M	3	9 months		6/23/2006 Email
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
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
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 Email
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
1	prescribed by pediatrician	My son had severe anxiety attacks, coughing spasms, uncontrolled anger. crying, fear and panic attacks. I had never seen this before in my son, his teacher's recommended a psychiatrist. He went as far to hitting his head on a desk at school. I stopped giving him the flovent for two days and the anxiety starting easing up. I have never seen anything like this before!		M	8	3 months		10/21/2006 Email
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
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 Email
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
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	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 Email
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 Email
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
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 Email
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 Email
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
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
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 Email
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	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
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	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
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 Email
5	Athsma	Hoarsness - gargling with warm salt water helped this. My athsma was getting bad again due to allergy season so I went up to 2 puffs 2x/day, and experienced extreme moodiness, and feelings of agression while falling asleep. I'm a very gentle, introverted person not given to these aggressive urges. I was able to control them, but I can't always control the crying or snapping at loved ones. Lots of Omega 3's helped that. I have also had a migraine constantly for the last month, and nothing else in my life has changed except raising my dose of flovent up to the standard perscribed dose. It hurts to brush my hair and swallow food,and all my joints hurt. Other than this athsma I am in perfect health. I am content, vey healthy and live an active life. I am planning to slowly reduce my dose and end up at one puff at night only.	Flovent has been the most effective and unobtrusive of all the medications I've tried. It really does work for athsma. However, I am quite anxious to get off of it and get my energy and motivation back, and not be so moody all the time. I have also been doing the Buteyko method for athsma and it works well, if you have lots of time to commit to it. It is allowing me to slowly reduce the medication.	F	27	3 months		6/19/2006
5	Asthma	Extra mucus and hoarse voice	This drug has enabled me to exercise again and resume a normal life. My asthma had gotten so bad that I could barely go up and down stairs without wheezing and this drug helped all of that. After 2 weeks I felt a world better and now I'm on 2 months and everything is great. I haven't noticed any side effects, mood changes or weight gain.	F	29	2 months		10/13/2007
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 Email
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 Email
5	Asthma, Inflamation in my lungs	I don't have any side effects that I know of. I do have depression and weight gain,cramps in different parts of my body,bruising, but I'm not sure if any of this is related to Flovent. I resently found out I have Glaucoma, no other family members have it.	Waking up the day after my first dose I thought I was cured. I had tears in my eyes. I was able to take a deep breath without any wheezing. What a miracle!! I soon learned I can't get off this inhaler with out getting sick. I have always been healthy but in my 40's found out I have this terrible thing call Asthma.I pray someone finds a cure in my lifetime.	F	53	7 years		2/29/2008 Email
5	severe bouts of bronchitis,	hoarsness, painful lump in my right breast (not cancerous and may or may not be related 2 my taking Flovent) and dry throat.	I'm a non-smoker and from reading everyone else's comments, I have 2 say I feel lucky that I haven't had most to none of the symptoms these people have endured but everyone is different. I wouldn't give up my Flovent for anything. B4 I started Flovent, my bronchitis and allergy induced asthma was horrible and now recently I was diagnosed as having bronchitis again only this time I didn't even know I had it. I thought I just had a mild cold for 2 weeks and it turns out my doctor told me I had bronchitis. I truly believe my Flovent, taking 1 puff twice a day at 250 mcg, is what really helped me. I was previously on Advair for 5 days and they should take that stuff off the market.	F	26	5 months		3/21/2008 Email
5	chronic asthma	None.	I have had asthma, classified as on the severe side of moderate, for 20 years now. Flovent is a miracle drug for me! I need my rescue inhaler no more than 3 or 4 times a year and my lung function is excellent.	F	42	10 years		1/4/2008

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