Drug Ratings for FLOVENT HFAAverage Rating: 3.0 (8 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLOVENT HFA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | virus-induced asthma | SOBBING crying all night waking up each hour at night sadness weeping crying all night long after only one puff of this drug | My son has mild asthma, wheezing for just 2 days after an upper respiratory tract infection. He was prescribed Flovent HFA. I was very worried about giving this to him, based on all of the possible side effects. But after a lot of pressure from his doctors, I decided to start slowly and give him just one puff (44 mcg) yesterday morning to start. He had a pretty normal day, maybe a little bit more clingy and irritable, but no problem. He went to bed fine for bedtime, but he then woke up each hour ALL NIGHT LONG, SOBBING. He was just weeping, inconsolable. I have never seen my son like this before. He is such an easy-going boy who never complains. Even when he is teething all of his molars and in the middle of a bad cold, he does not cry and sleeps through the entire night. Last night, after just ONE PUFF of Flovent in the morning, he had the WORST NIGHT OF HIS LIFE. He woke up each hour inconsolably crying for 45 minutes until we could console him back to sleep, just to wake up again a little bit later WEEPING. Flovent is a HORRENDOUS medication. What kind of poison must be in this drug to cause such a horrible reaction after just ONE PUFF ?!!!! I will never give my son this medication again. | M | 1.5 | 1 days 44 mcg 1X D | 3/27/2012 | 3 | Asthma | Sadness, depression | My otherwise happy go lucky 12yr old, who has been on this medicine about 18months, has recently become depressed, and cannot explain why he feels this way. There have been no recent events in his life to cause these feelings, and the only medicine he takes regularly is Flovent HFA. After doing some research online, it seems that although this wasn't one of the reported symptoms in the clinical trial, many people have reported depression as a side effect of this medication. I have called his respiratory specialist and asked for another medication. | M | 12 | 18 months 44mcg 2X D | 8/9/2012 |