FLONASE Reviews (FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE)Average Rating: 1.8 (1317 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLONASE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLONASE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Allergic Rhinitis | Despite all Doctor's denying it, I get mood swings and depression while using this daily even for 2-3 days in a row. SOme other side effects include, headaches, eye irritation & nasal congestion. | The only way I can use it is by using on alternate days or twice or thrice a week. I generally use it when necessary only. | M | 45 | 2 months 30x2 1X day | 5/26/2012 | 1 | sinus/allergy issues | tightness in chest, difficulty breathing, cough, racing heartbeat, fatigue, anxious, loss of appetite | Took awhile to realize it was the Flonase making me sick. I thought I was in decline due to disease. Flonase is the only med I took as I thought it was "safe." Never again. | F | 54 | 3 months 50mcg 1X day | 5/22/2012 | 1 | Sinus | Our 3 year old began OCD like behavior on this medicine. Obsessivley wiping his nose and sticking out his tongue. He had never demonstrated such behavior before. He says his face itches. We have visited an ent and a neurologist. Our doctor assured us it was not the Flonase. I'm thinking it is! | M | 3 | 3 weeks 1 | 4/28/2012 | 1 | Sinus infection | SEVERE from-temples-to-back-of-the-head headaches; very red, itchy right eye (thought it was pink eye, but kept using eye drops, which cleared it up); nausea; irritable (though usually happy); very tired; unexplained weight gain. The severe headaches, now 2 1/2 days after stopping the drug, are the worst side effect--finding it very difficult to function in daily duties/activities. | I will never take it again. | F | 58 | 2 weeks 50 mcg 2X day | 4/26/2012 | 3 | Inflammation of Respiratory Tract | Sleepiness, always tired | I have been taking it in the morning after breakfast, may be better to take before dinner so the sleep/tired effect comes over night? | M | 29 | 3 days 100 1X day | 4/19/2012 | 1 | swollen throat due to allergies | anxiety, restlessness, slight numbing around mouth and gums, episodes of heart racing | I never has seasonal allergies until recently. After 3 weeks of having sore, scratchy throat and on/off nasal congestion, I called my doctor. She prescribed the generic for Flonase, with 2 sprays per nostril per day. I was also taking a 5 mg Zyrtec ar night and she told me to increase it to 10mg. I started spray and increase Zyrtec on Monday afternoon. By Tuesday 7pm and felt like I was having a panic attack. Restless, jittery, numbing around my mouth-very strange. I walked for an hour in fresh air and then drank 2 glasses of wine and a beer just to calm down! I thought it was the Zyrtec, so I stopped taking it. Didn't even occur to me that it could be the flonase. I took my 2 sprays this morning (Wed) and felt the anxiety and restlessness again within an hour. Starting googling flonase and anxiety and found that many, many people are reporting this. Yikes! I cannot believe that dr or pharmacists done mention this as even a possible side effect. I am going to stop taking it immediately-I'd rather have the scratchy throat. | F | 38 | 3 days 2 sprays 1X day | 4/18/2012 | 1 | Eustacian Tube Dysfunction | panic attacks, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, difficulty taking deep breaths,difficulty focusing eyes, acid reflux, nausea, dry mouth, short term memory loss, fear of leaving the house or being left alone, thought I was going crazy!! | I began taking this medicine in mid-February and the 1st panic attack was in early March, which sent me to the emergency room with a severe panic attack that wouldn't stop. 5 days later I suspected the flonase and googled flonase and panic attacks and came across this website..Thank You Lord!! Now, after 6 weeks, most side effects have subsided, but milder panic still creeps in, as well as the nausea and difficulty with focusing my eyes. Hope it all goes away soon. I would love to hear from anyone who has had symptoms return as I have. | F | 54 | 3 weeks 2X day | 4/17/2012 | 1 | Asthma | panic attacks, extreme anxiety, tingling of limbs,ringing in ears, sudden crying jags, mood swings, fear of crowds, fear of leaving the house, increased appetite, chest tightness and pain, intense upper and lower back pain, | I was recently diagnosed with asthma at age 48 and a new doctor put me on Flonase, another steroid nasal spray and 2 inhalers. Within three days I thought I was losing my mind! I called the doctor's office and told him I felt like I was dying and he did't seem to be terribly concerned. I called my doc of many years and he said to stop taking everything but the Flonase was OK. Three weeks later I am still having issues and will stop the Flonase immediately. What a nightmare!! | F | 48 | 2 weeks 1X day | 4/10/2012 | 1 | Seasonal allergies | Extreme anxiety, mild depression, loss of smell and insomnia. Also experienced heart palpitations after taking it. | Miserable nasal spray. Will never take it again due to severe side effects. I'd rather suffer from the seasonal allergies. Now using a Neilmed nasal rinse 3 times daily. | M | 63 | 1 years 50 MCG 1X day | 4/8/2012 | 1 | Allergic Rhinitis | It seemed to burn my nostrils and dry my mucous membrances out. | I have stopped taking it due to the side effects and use Astelin when necessary. | M | 49 | 3 days 2 sprays 1X day | 3/26/2012 | 1 | nasal polyps, possible allergies | Well i thought it was the antibiotics i was on for a possible sinus infection that was making me crazy, so i stopped taking them a day early...a few days later i was still feeling tripped out but then felt better over st patty's day weekend...now this past week i was still taking the flonase as directed and i am thinking this is the cause of my woes. I am having trouble concentrating, feel spaced out, almost like i am drunk or tripping...its horrible. last nite i did not take the flonase and feel a little better today, but still not myself. i hope this goes away soon, because i have to be completely alert and on point at my job and i am failing to do so for the past couple weeks. i am so glad i found this forum, now i know that i am not having a nervouse breakdown, but its the awful flonase. | F | 39 | 10 days 1X day | 3/23/2012 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | It seemed like a godsend for my allergies at first but after 4 months of use I had started to develop bad anxiety and many other symptoms that people all list on this site. I have no family history of anxiety and while I do use occasional stimulants, I've never had any issues before. The only reason I can find for my anxiety issues is my generic flonase which I stopped taking as of 2 days ago. | It may work for you but might also include horrible side effects. Be wary. I was taking 2 sprays in each nostril once a day in the morning. | M | 18 | 4 months 200 mcg 1X day | 3/22/2012 | 1 | Congestion/ Allergies | Violent cough, loss of energy | My doc prescribed this for me because congestion I was experiencing. It helps with the congestion when in combination with Claritin-D, but the violent coughing all day every day is absolutely not worth it. I'll stick with Claritin and toss out the Flonase. | M | 28 | 5 days 2 squirts 1X day | 3/16/2012 | 1 | Congestion | Feet started tingling on 3rd day of taking it, then 2 days later my hands and feet felt like they were burning. | I stopped taking Flonase on the 6th day after stopping my prescription, my hands and feet immediately started feeling better, unfortunately it has now been two weeks since I stopped and I can still feel some tingling in the palms of my hand & the bottoms of my feet, if the sensation does not lessen soon I will be going back to the doctor. Flonase can cause neuropathy. | M | 29 | 5 days 1X day | 3/14/2012 | 5 | severe sinus infection | little blood noted when blown nose, which could be blocked drainage finally coming down from sinus or ear infection drainage. | I had such a pain, pressure, pounding headache. When I first used Flonase with in just hour it had almost subsided. With the use of the pain med a little help but the pain, pressure, swelling almost all gone. in one hour....Others especially older need to consider as well other drugs they are taking may interact. As well, it is a steroid will make you anxious, hyper, insomnia it is again a steroid...as well all drugs affect us differently. Just always write down and remember the ones you can't take and all means why you can't take them. I am a nurse as well. | F | 38 | 30 days 50mg 1X day | 3/3/2012 | 1 | Vocal chords irritated, poor voice | Extreme chest congestion and uncontrollable coughing to nearly passing out. | M | 67 | 50 mcg 2X day | 3/1/2012 | 1 | Allergy | caused an ulcer inside my nose that ate a hole in my nasal passage | F | 55 | 1 years 2X day | 3/1/2012 | 1 | allergies | Horrible scarring ACNE on my cheeks. | My doctor said she had never heard of Flonase causing acne but I have been doing my own research and several websites list ACNE as a severe side effect along with a long list of other horrible skin rashes and problems. I thought for the longest it was a new birth control and the doctors insisted birth control was causing my acne even though it had never caused it before. Please listen to yourself. If you are an adult who does not have acne and you show signs of acne after taking Flonase please immediately stop taking it and see if the acne goes away. I took it for months, stupidly listening to my doctors, and now I have scars on my face as an adult. | F | 28 | 7 months 50mcg 1X day | 2/27/2012 | 2 | swollen nasal passages | Dizziness, tightness in chest , nausea, burning feeling in head, and headache. Felt a lot pain before medicine. Hard to tell if it helping or hurting. | Took it ten years ago don't remember side effects being that bad. ( Taking generic version currently.) | F | 25 | 2 days 50mcg 2X day | 2/15/2012 | 1 | Eustachian Tube Dysfunction | Muscle aches, joint pain, lower back pain, vaginal dryness & burning, eye dryness, insomnia, constipation, abdominal pain, tingling in feet and after two months of having no problems/symptoms of my fybrocystics breasts, my breasts hurt worse than they ever did before! All this after only being on it for 12 days!!! I called my ENT and the nurse said....well stop taking it and see if you feel better in a few days and then you'll know it was the Flonase. I said...well I KNOW it's the Flonas cause all this was NOT going on in my body 12 days ago! I came home today and threw it in the trash! Don't take this crap! | F | 41 | 10 days 1 X D | 2/13/2012 |