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 | Chronic sinusitis | While drifting off to sleep I suddenly had heart palpitations which was very alarming. Consequently I had insomnia that night. Skipped taking it the next dose and had palpitations again although not as severe. By the next skipped dose I had no palpitations. | Unfortunately for me aside from the very scary side effects the product seemed to help with my sinus problem. I am currently using a nasal saline solution only. My allergist went on the Nasonex site and found nothing listed about this side effect. Not surprised. | F | 54 | 6 days 50 MCG 1X day | 4/4/2012 | 2 | Seasonal Allergies | anxiety, panic, dissociative episodes, inability to focus | I've had serious seasonal allergies for a few years now. Every year I think I'll be able to get away with homeopathic remedies or natural cures, but I inevitably end up at the doctor's office. I have tried nasonex twice, a couple of years apart. The first time I took the recommended dose and after 3 days I had a major panic episode. Today, out of desperation, I decided to give the steroids another shot. I decided to take half the recommended dose to start. I put one spray in each nostril, and about thirty minutes later I started feeling extremely strange. I was twitchy, despondent... I felt disconnected from the world, almost out of body. I almost lost my mind at the grocery store - every little thing made me jump ten feet in the air and cry. When i got home I totally lost it. I was running a bath and the sound of the bath water frightened me because it seemed way too loud. I started panicing and crying, hyperventilating and feeling totally out of control. My boyfriend wanted to take me to the hospital, but I asked him to get me an ativan instead, which after about 20 minutes had me feeling closer to normal. I've heard nasonex isn't supposed to give you a systemic steroid reaction, so maybe I'm just extremely sensitive to steroids (they always make me feel horrible). Regardless, if you have any kind of steroid sensitivity, I'd avoid this. Also, I have no idea if it cleared my nose because I was too focused on not giving in to the 'roid psychosis. | F | 25 | 1 days 1X day | 3/10/2012 | 2 | Allergies | Insomnia, crazy dreams, anger, anxiety, heart palpitations, puffy feeling face and eyes | I have taken Nasonex the past several years during allergy season and the benefits seemed to outweigh the side effects. This year, the side effects are much worse and I am going to discontinue. I can't handle feeling emotionally out of control, and the insomnia is killing me. | F | 48 | 30 days 2 sprays 1X day | 3/2/2012 | 2 | Fluid behind the left ear | Nausea - Awake all night | I was very dissapointed with Nasonex. I went to the doctor and explained about the noises in the ear, about 2 months now, it has also affected my sleep. He prescribed Nasonex and felt good to start with and cleared my nose but could not get to sleep and was experience slight cramp in my legs. After looking at the comments on this sight it was a great help and will not take it again, it is going in the bin, do not want to experience another night like last night. Will suffer the noises in my head and the blocked sinuses. !!! | F | 47 | 1 days One spray 1X day | 3/11/2011 | 2 | allergy. rhinitis | a very bad sinus headache and feeling very anxious and panicky, stomach ache, diahorrea. Raised heartbeat. Aching neck, waking up early. | First few days I was happy because I could finally breathe through my nose. But then I got suspicious and started reading the side effects on the leaflet,hardly anything was mentionned. So I searched further and luckily found this website. I can see a clear link with my sudden symptoms and am stopping taking this today. Very grateful to everyone who has posted their experience of this as I've only been using it for a week, so limited damage. It's very effective in clearing the nose however, so maybe it's O.K for someone who doesn't suffer from these side effects or who is an extreme case. Maybe allergy sufferers are more sensitive to steroids? I have had similar reactions using an inhaler. So I'll go back to my stuffy nose rather than have the side effects from this drug. I will try the measures suggested in this forum: homeopathy and saline spray. | F | 42 | 1 weeks standard 1X day | 3/2/2011 | 2 | Chronic sinusitis | Loss of smell. | It keeps me from getting into nasal congestion if I use it daily, which I have for the previous 3-4 years since I got a serious bout of sinus infection. But I lost my sense of smell. When my family mentions why I did not smell the smoke or cooking gas left on without fire, I got scared and stopped using Nasonex for 3 weeks, smell sense has not recovered but now I have a sinus congestion and post nasal drip after recovering from viral infection, I have gone back to using Nasonex as the doctor recommends it is needed to dry up the post nasal drip problem. | M | 42 | 4 years 2 puffs 1X day | 1/23/2011 | 2 | Sinus Infection | Blurred vision, anxiety, depression. | I was thrilled with Nasonex during the first couple weeks of using it (sinuses felt open, no sinus pressure) but after about a month I noticed my eyesight was getting very blurred. Went to my opthomogist who said my eyes were perfectly healthy. Asked my Allergist who prescriped the drug and was told that it wasn't the Nasonex. After reading this site I stopped using it cold turkey. One month later my eye sight is getting clearer and the anxiety/panic attacks are gone. I will never take Nasonex again. | F | 36 | 6 months 2 sprays 1X day | 1/5/2011 | 2 | joint swelling and pain | This works well enough to clear my sinuses but I had an unusual reaction: one of my fingers (and only one) became swollen and tender at the last joint. This went away when I stopped using Nasonex for a few days, then immediately came back the day I started using it again. | F | 31 | 7 days 1X day | 11/8/2010 | 2 | Increased PVC's (Palpaations) Felt very tired, Nose pain, anxious, insomnia. | I was feeling very unlike myself,and had no clue that this "Non steroidal wonder spray" was the culprit till I read all of these posts that are so similar to my experience. I am getting off the drug and really wish my ENT Doc would have warned me! | F | 45 | 2 months 30 1X day | 10/20/2010 | 2 | Inflamed Septum | I am shocked at everyone's side effects on this spray. Although for my inflamed septum it has done absolutely nothing I must say the side affects have been minimal. The septum area does bleed which I think is from the spray. No other side affects though | F | 50 | 8 days l spray 2X day | 10/17/2010 | 2 | eustachian tube inflammation | 20 minutes after spraying Nasonex into my nose my heart rate jumped to 104 | It was too short a time to tell if there were any beneficial effects for an inflammed eustachian tube because I have stopped using it after only two doses. Anything that raises heart rate 30-40 points is having other effects that may be unknown. Don't believe your doctor when he says the drug is not absorbed systemically. If it were not why then would it cause tachycardia and glaucoma? Doctors should stop getting their education about drugs from the pharmaceutical sales rep and read the science for themselves. | F | 57 | 2 days 1 spray 1X day | 7/27/2010 | 2 | Glue Ear | Anxiety, irritability, minor headaches, heart racing | Cleared nose blockage effectively but not glue ear | M | 38 | 2 weeks 2 shots 2X day | 7/21/2010 | 2 | To cure snoring | Lost sense of smell over time without even realising it | To safeguard patients' interests, this drug should be withdrawn from the market judging by the so many people claiming to have lost sense of smell after using it. I strongly advise others not to use it in order to avoid becoming the next victim. I regret knowing this too late. I now can't even smell my coffee which I love so much. | M | 58 | 6 months 2 sprays 1X day | 6/4/2010 | 2 | Allergy | Anger, Depression, sadness, frustrated easily, dry nose | This needs to be researched. It's very clear to me that this med caused these symptoms. I cant be the only one. | F | 36 | 1 months 30 1X day | 5/17/2010 | 2 | Nasal infections / cough / asthma | Headache, burning in sinuses, bloating of stomach, nausea, feeling depressed, irritable and very tired, muscle and joint pain, ear pain. | First I am generally of well above average fitness and eat healthily. I began taking the spray after an asthma review with my GP in an attempt to improve my endurance and add to my fitness level. He was convinced that the persistent cough and chest infections I was picking up could be treated by stemming the post nasal drip I had suffered from for years (broken nose/operation to straighten septum with subsequent sensitivity to various triggers) Dosage = one spray in each nostril once a day. The spray quickly relieved the symptoms but I have progressively suffered from the afore mentioned symptoms. First extreme tiredness & headache (like I was coming down with a bug), then upset stomach and loss of appetite. In the 6th week, I developed a severe earache in one side and joint and muscle pain in my back & legs. The headache & tiredness became more severe and I was given antibiotics for supposed infection. I was unable to go to the gym or ride my bike (normally done 3-4 times a week). There was no improvement after a week and I decided to look on the internet for a possible cause. I was becoming more and more irritable and depressed with little patience and was even beginning to suspect that I had a serious condition developing. Imagine my reaction when I found this forum. Seems many of you have been there already. I see that several people have nothing but praise for the drug but for those of us who do react badly it is important to see why! | M | 53 | 8 weeks 100 mg 1X day | 5/16/2010 | 2 | sinus infection | Swelling of eye and intense pain in the affected eye. Got so bad my vision got blurry and I went to the ER in the middle of the night. The doctor there gave me a cursory exam and said I had a "viral sore throat." I think he mistook the effects of the drainage from the eye infection as the actual virus itself. My throat wasn't sore at all, but the swelling lymph glands and drainage were making it a little red. I'm certain I've developed a viral infection in the sinus cavity by the eye. Throat is secondary. Pain is HORRIBLE. | I hate this stuff. "Cure" worse than the disease. | F | 42 | 2 days 50 mcg 2X day | 4/26/2010 | 2 | pollen allergies | Horrendous side effects, even with cutting the dosage down to one spray in one nostril per day. Anxiety, insomnia, aggressive crabbyness, the worst was severe tendon pain--Dr. said no way, but FIVE times now I have gone off the drug, the pain goes away, then resume the drug, the tendonitis gets worse. | It's time for the FDA to insist that NASONEX include the effects of steroids in their labeling and patient literature. The reps love to say that with a spray it's not systemically absorbed, but the truth is, it's one of the MOST efficient ways to get a drug in your system. | F | 54 | 30 days 1 spr/nost 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 2 | Sinus Infection | Was sample from Dr. Headache, everything tasted like medicine, smell senses aroused, nose burning. | On antibiotics for bad sinus infection and a steriod to calm all the inflamation down. Quiting Nasonex to see what is causing headache. Recall throwing the junk out one time before, because of bad side effects. | F | 50 | 2 days 1X day | 4/10/2010 | 2 | post sinus surgery | Extreme anxiety, insomnia and unsatiable appetite. | Helps my seasonal allergies and the doctor said it's important to use for 6 months post surgery to prevent scar tissue forming. Symptoms are almost unbearable. I will stop as soon as I can. Also use a saline nasal rinse 2 times/day. | F | 56 | 3 months 1X day | 3/24/2010 | 2 | Chronic sinusitis/allergies | Nose/head cleared up almost immediately. 2 shots each nostril, 2x a day for a couple of days. However, it also dried out every other mucus membrane in my head -- eyes, nose, mouth, etc. Made my mouth unbearably dry -- gums turned white and swelled, and tongue swelled up. Roof of my mouth turned cold. ENT said he never saw a side effect like this. Had me tested for several autoimmune diseases (Sjogren's, R.A., etc.)Said it wasn't an allergic reaction (not seeing this ENT anymore!) 2 weeks later and still dealing with side effects -- going to dentist tomorrow to see how badly my mouth is messed up. Gums around my teeth are starting to bleed when I brush my teeth. | If it works for you, great. Just be aware that if your mouth becomes really dry, it'll take a good long while for it to go away, and in the meantime, it's extraordinarily uncomfortable -- I described the feeling as "extreme discomfort, just short of pain." | F | 31 | 4 days 100 mcg 2X day | 3/22/2010 |