NASONEX Reviews (MOMETASONE FUROATE MONOHYDRATE)Average Rating: 2.0 (1124 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NASONEX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NASONEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | nasal congestion, common cold stuff | loss of sleep, headaches, sore throat | F | 28 | 3 weeks | 4/10/2009 | 1 | Nasal Congestion | Heart palpatations, alot of nose polys, depression anxiety, shortness of breath.Might need operation to get rid of side effects | Was on nasonex for 1 year. Been off for 2 months. Heart palpatations almost gone. Still have shortness of breath. I was on sinus infection medication and just waiting to see if all the side effects go away or if I need to get the operation. Feel 70 percent better from being off nasonex. Symptoms slowly going away. Watch out for his drug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also doctors, ENT's also told me that nasonex doesnt cause these problems but they are obviously dead wrong! There should be legal action here due to the fact that these symptoms are not listed, and doctors and ENT's are giving out wrong information. | F | 28 | 365 days | 1/25/2009 | 1 | Post nasal drip | Dizziness and feeling disorientated. | After taking this for 3-4 days I realised I started to feel dizzy at times during the day. Then I put 2 and 2 together. I stopped taking it yesterday and I'm still feeling dizzy through the day and brain fog. This is insane that a nose spray cause cause such crazy side effects. Black listing this and hopefully I feel normal soon. | F | 28 | 3 days 2 spray 1X day | 1/3/2024 | 1 | Allergy | In the second day I got panic attacks, anxiety, insomnia, irrational thoughts, nausea, vomiting, severe headache especially around the eyes, feeling of constipation, loss of appetite, feeling depressed and hopeless, general feeling of mistrust. | I feel so miserable! It has been 2 days since I found out it was a side effect from the drug and stopped using it immediately and I am better but still feeling anxious, especially at night. I hope I'll feel normal soon. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone! | F | 28 | 3 days 4x50 micr | 10/9/2015 | 1 | Nasal allergies | Doc failed to mention that nasal steroid sprays may have identical effects as orally taken steroids like prednisone which is a drug I swore I would never take again unless I was dying, and even then death might be preferable. Extreme anxiety, panic attacks, sore throat, head pain, constant feeling of thick post nasal drip, muscle tension, trouble sleeping, shakiness. The only thing that felt somewhat better was the inflammation inside my nose, everything else felt worse. I finally realized these symptoms were getting close to being identical with the experience I had with prednisone about 7 yrs ago when I was prescribed it to stop my throat from swelling shut when I had mono. I have immediately discontinued use of nasonex. | If you would not take oral steroids or have had negative reactions to them, avoid this product as well!! | F | 28 | 7 days 1X day | 4/17/2013 | 1 | Allergies | depression, anxiety, nosebleeds, exhaustion, irritability, headache, very unfocused | I took Nasonex last spring and it helped a lot with my mold allergies which were causing me to snore and not sleep well. I started taking it again this year and I was exhausted and my nose was bleeding almost daily. For the past couple weeks I've been exhausted, didn't have the energy to do yoga or rock climb as much, had pressure in my head, not been able to focus, and been depressed. I'm a laid back person and yesterday I nearly started yelling at a co-worker, which I've never done before. Forgot to take my nasonex last night and I woke up feeling like a new person this morning. Good mood, good energy, ready to take on the world. Not taking the Nasonex any more. | M | 28 | 1 months 1 spray 1X day | 5/20/2010 | 1 | Allergies, Sinus Infections | These are my symptoms after slowing titrating myself off of nasonex for 1 week. I am on day two without using it at all and I am experiencing anxiety, sweaty palms, jitters, jaw soreness, and a general light headedness. My doctor believes these are withdrawal symptoms and that they should go away in 2 weeks. We will see. I would have to say that I have had less ear pressure and pain, less dizziness, and little vertigo since taking Nasonex less. I will update in one week. | Follow up to my post on 10/27/10. | F | 28 | 5 years 2 squirts 1X day | 11/3/2010 | 1 | Allergies, Sinus Infections | dizziness, vertigo, clouded thinking, feeling of fainting, anxiety, panic attacks, ear and sinus pressure, ear ringing, jaw pressure, numbness in hands, loss of taste, dried blood when blowing nose, nausea | I've been on nasonex on and off for five years and regularly for two years. I had multiple sinus infections and was relieved to have my doctor prescribe Nasonex for daily use initially. It definitely cleared my sinuses and my sinus infections became less frequent. In December 2009, I experienced what my doctors thought was a migraine headache- spotted vision, dizziness, vertigo, and a drop in blood pressure. I began to develop anxiety to what I thought were migraine symptoms. I became afraid to be at work, to drive, and to be in public because I thought I was going to faint. Recently, my vertigo has taken the form of my head feeling that it is being pushed to one side. After visiting my doctor, an ear/nose/throat, an allergist, and a headache specialist I just happened to type in Nasonex and side effects and found this website. I am going to begin titrating myself off of this medication tonight. Before 1-2 years ago, I was a healthy and happy person. Since then I've been dizzy, barely made it standing up in two weddings because I felt so dizzy and nauseous, and started seeing a therapist because I thought I had severe anxiety. I am a therapist myself and thought I was going crazy and didn't understand why. I had no idea that this medication was a steroid. Thank you to everyone that has posted on this site about their experience! | F | 28 | 5 years 1X day | 10/27/2010 | 5 | sinuses | nothing that I noticed | I can actually breathe through my nose for the first time in 12 years! My Dr. gave me samples and when I use it every day like I am suposed to I feel better than I have in such a long time. No other allergy product ever works for me, so I am very pleased. | F | 27 | 4 months | 10/9/2008 | 5 | allergic rhinitis | none so far, but i have been to 3 doctors about my chronic allergies and this is the only thing that has worked | F | 27 | 3 weeks | 12/4/2007 | 4 | Allergic Rhinitis | Some more things to consider | PART 03: Some studies to consider: I did some further research into the magnesium and mineral loss connection and found some interesting information: 1 - Mometasone Furoate (the active ingredient in nasonex) is a very potent steroid at the systemic level. This means only a small amount is needs to be absorbed to have a significant effect and although the drug has been designed to act topically some is still absorbed systemically (see study: http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/20/6/1386.full?related-urls=yes&legid=erj;20/6/1386 2 - The reason small amounts of steroids can have a large effect is due to their transactivation or upregulation of genes. Therefore a small amount of steroid will instruct your body's genes to produce protein that have a more significant effect (see same study above) | M | 27 | 2 months 4 Sprays 1X day | 1/30/2011 | 4 | NasalObstruction,Allergic turbinate | This drug did help for the first few days, then i started noticing side effects. On examining side effects I came to the conclusion mineral deficiency maybe the cause. | PART 01 January 29, 2010: Many thanks to the person who mentioned Magnesium deficiency related to use of this corticosteroid nasonex. Heres why I believe the symptoms maybe due to the mineral deficiency: 1- Its clear that at least some of the nasonex is being absorbed systemically where its supposed to have glucocorticoid-like effects (similar to the body under stress). BUT the amount of nasonex used (even if all of it were to be absorbed would'nt be sufficent to cause this list of crazy symptoms: your body produces far more corticoid steroids in response to running on the treadmill than a couple puffs of nasonex would provide so the steroid itself does'nt seem to be the problem 2- I noticed symptoms which i initially thought were due to the nasonex because they were similar to symptoms of the body under stress (indigestion, irritability, insomnia) BUT on further examination i realised the symptoms did'nt fit stress symptoms exactly. I did'nt have the characteristic sweating like when i'm stressed or the cold hands and feet, I was even able to have solid erections (TMI? :) ) something i can never do when i'm stressed. On researching the Magnesium deficiency it seemed to make more sense. Mg is heavily involved in digestion and mg deficiency maybe why so many here report stomach symptoms. All of the other symptoms i've seen listed can be attributed to magnesium in some way especially irritability, anxiety, depression, numbness, brain fog...the list goes on | M | 27 | 2 months 4 sprays 1X day | 1/28/2011 | 4 | allergic Rhinitis | Part 02 January 29, 2010: So anyway i tried taking some magnesium supplements and everything seems to be on its way to being much better now...my symptoms are alot less. Zinc and Potassium are also minerals that should be supplmented during use of a corticosteroid. People need to understand that every drug taken for a singular purpose has a multiplicity of potential side effects. No drug is good or bad it just has to be seen for what it is and what it does or can do. Feel free to e-mail me. I would love to hear other experiences with this drug and mineral supplementation to alleviate symptoms. | M | 27 | 2 months 4 sprays 1X day | 1/28/2011 | 3 | Sinusitis | Anxiety, Dizziness, Nervousness, Heart palpitations / tachycardia | I don't know if this drug caused my symptoms or not. All I know is after one week of taking this + a standard antibiotic (cefdinir) I feel worse, and am so anxious I'm considering seeking psychiatric treatment (lack of sleep, constant feeling of fear, racing pulse, dizziness possibly brought on by anxiety). If this drug DOES cause these side effects (and the sheer number of comments in this database which list anxiety-related symptoms certainly suggest this, at least to me) it really bothers me that there is virtually NO documentation of this anywhere else on the internet. Would this not have been discovered in testing and thus documented somewhere scientifically? The whole scenario is just unsettling. | M | 27 | 7 days 2 pumps 1X day | 11/1/2010 | 3 | Sinus Pain | Loss of appetite & taste. Mild depression - thoughts of suicide, sadness which leads to crying, worthlessness. Some days I felt like not wanting to speak to friends or be around them. | M | 27 | 2 months 2 sprays 1X day | 10/18/2010 | 3 | Nasal Polyps | Bloody dry uncomfortable nose, clear the nose and within an hour or so its very dry again. | Suffered with allergies and blocked nose for as long as I can remember, Nasonex has made me be able to breathe through my nose again although my sense of smell has not yet returned but I didnt have it to start with so maybe its gone forever :-( Overall Im doing ok on it so far! I'd rather be able to breathe through a dry nose than to be totally blocked. | F | 27 | 3 weeks 2 sprays 1X day | 2/22/2010 | 3 | Allergies | I think Nasonex is what has been making me quite jittery. Feels at times like I'm having palputations or just general nervous heart feeling. | It has fixed my allergies to dust very well though. | M | 27 | 2 months | 5/7/2006 | 3 | allergic rhinitis | Loss of smell. Water retention after approximately 1 month of use. Under normal conditions I have an oily skin and from time to time I suffer from acne. After using Nasonex for more than one month I started to notice my skin becoming much more oily and my acné increased seriously. | I have been using nasonex for several years now and it seems to work. After a few weeks of usage my nose congestions almost dissapear. Mostly I did not use it longer than one month at a time. After approximately one month the side effects I described would become too serious for me to continue usage. After a while my nose problem returns and I am forced back to using Nasonex. | M | 27 | 3 years | 10/4/2006 | 3 | Allergies | I've been taking this drug on and off for about 4 years. The first time I stopped taking it was when I got frequent nose bleeds. In the past 3 months or so I've gotten the smokey smell that others have mentioned. The doctor attributes this smell to a sinus infection and every time it has occurred taking antibiotics has cured it, but 2 weeks or so later it comes back. Having read that others have this problem I am going to mention it to my doctor and see if there is another medication that will work. | Overall it works well for keeping my nose clear, but the smokey smell and funny taste is not worth it for me. | M | 27 | 4 years | 1/9/2008 | 3 | Congestion and sinus headaches | I have been taking Nasonex for five weeks, and in retrospect, I'm realizing how negatively it has impacted my life. I have had extreme mood swings, depression, overwhelmed, and crying easily. At first the drug did help with my congestion and headaches, but now I am seeing that it also caused these terrible side effects. After seeing these other comments here, I will also be stopping my use of Nasonex. | I would not recommend using Nasonex. | F | 27 | 5 weeks | 4/19/2008 |