FLONASE Reviews (FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE)Average Rating: 1.8 (1316 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLONASE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLONASE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Eustachian blockage, nasal allergy | metallic taste in mouth. Food tastes tainted. | I have only taken it twice. I have a blocked eustachian tube and nasal drip due to allergies. This is the first time I have taken it. I'm 45, female. Immediately, I have noticed a metallic taste in my mouth. Not sure if it will work so stay tuned. | M | 45 | 2 days 1X day | 10/6/2010 | 4 | sneezing | M | 75 | 30 days 50mcg 1X day | 10/1/2010 | 5 | allergies | None! | Awesome drug! I start it at the beginning of allergy season and clear up within a few days. It's like not having allergies at all. Amazing! | F | 42 | 4 months 2 sprays 1X day | 9/25/2010 | 1 | pressure in the ear and dry nose | Loss of taste, lump in back of the throat, nausea, headaches | This product didn't seem to help my symptoms but I continued to take it hoping it would work, I never realized it would be the cause of all these problems. It was only after I researched it on the internet that I realized this was the cause of all the problems. I stopped taking this medication 2 weeks ago and am still experiencing all of these problems. | F | 65 | 3 months 50 MG 2X day | 9/25/2010 | 2 | seasonal allergies | Slight headache, dizziness, and thrush (tongue feels like it's been burned, white on tongue, and 2 mouth sores) | Was prescribed flonase (generic) at the same time as diflucan (for nursing thrush). Baby has been spitting up goo a few hours after taking flonase and has been more fussy in the late morning/ early afternoon. And I believe I have thrush in my mouth now. Plus I have 2 canker sores that just popped up last night. I don't know why the doctor prescribed flonase, knowing how we've been battling thrush. When I mentioned flonase being a steroid, he said it's no big deal and will stay completely in my nose. The packet information says otherwise. I am stopping flonase for good. | F | 33 | 4 days 100mg 1X day | 9/24/2010 | 2 | allergies and eustachian tube issue | I believe that it has caused hair loss. I am 33/f and have been losing hair like crazy on this. I just stopped 3 days ago, so we will see! btw, it didn't work for my ear related allergies AT ALL. | M | 33 | 4 months 1X day | 9/24/2010 | 2 | FOR ALLERGIES | I feel like I have the flu, chest aches, back aches andcouhg a dry cough. i actually feel worse than I did before I took it | I am gonna stop and just use my neti pot | F | 42 | 2 days 50MCG 1X day | 9/11/2010 | 2 | Post Nasal Drip | Was taking once a day in each nostril. By day 3 I developed an intense throbbing headache on the left side of my head. Eyeballs felt heavy. General flu like symptoms. Sneezing. Stopped taking it and still have the headache although each day a little better. Have to take advil twice a day so I can function. Feel fuzzy and not well. I was perfectly fine before, except for the post nasal drip. I am very healthy, do not smoke. I will try saline instead. I had taken flonase a long time ago and forgotten that I got a headache from it then too. I cannot function with my head throbbing every day. Will not take this drug again. | F | 44 | 5 days 50 mg 1X day | 9/2/2010 | 2 | slight nasal congestion | acne, puffy cheeks, dry nose, diminished sense of smell | I had some slight adult acne before, but once I started using generic Flonase (1-2 squirts in each nostril once a day) it gradually got much worse and spread to my chest. I thought it was just hormones. Also, 2 weeks ago I saw some pictures of myself and my cheeks looked enlarged. I realized I had the look of someone being treated with an oral steroid, so I freaked out and stopped the Flonase. To my surprise, my acne is completely gone. My sense of smell is still kind of weak and my cheeks are still large, but I have hope that this all will return to normal. Nose is still dry. | F | 30 | 6 months 50 mg 1X day | 9/1/2010 | 3 | Ear fullness | dry, itchy eyes | No other side effects | F | 28 | 3 days 1X day | 8/31/2010 | 1 | Shrink Adenoids | please email me (newday2d at yahoo.com) I'm David's twin sister information on any side effects Also www.dailystrength.org/c/Asthma/forum/10372446-flonase-and-flovent www.tributes.com/davidmarlin thx! Keep in touch! | M | 45 | 5 weeks 2X day | 8/20/2010 | 2 | sinusitis, nasal polyps | Shortly after starting treatment I started noticing mild anxiety and just a kind of general nervousness. Insomnia, awaking early and not getting back to sleep, also occurred. It did shrink my nasal tissues but I also fell a weird fullness in the back of my nose. I started it partly because I told my doctor my sense of smell wasn't very good because my nose seemed swollen most of the time. After reading about others who have lost their sense of smell on this stuff I'm pretty sure I'm going to quit taking it. Fatigue and lethargy also may have occurred. | M | 61 | 14 days 100 mcg 1X day | 8/18/2010 | 1 | allergies | My daughter of 11 was prescribed this medication. At first she was also prescribed Benadryl at night so she was sleeping, as soon as she stopped the Benadryl she started not being able to sleep with huge fears, anxiety,not being able to sleep until 5:30 in the morning for the first night, than 5 am then 3 am, that is where we are today. The MD does not think there is a relationship between the sleeping problems and the Flonase but I can see from your database that she is not the first one with this problem.... | F | 11 | 4 weeks 15 1X day | 8/18/2010 | 1 | shrink adenoids | SUICIDE ---- My brother committed suicide while on this medication. No other indicator in the suicide! We know it was because of this nasal spray! Do not recommend this to anyone! | SUICIDE ---- My brother committed suicide while on this medication. No other indicator in the suicide! We know it was because of this nasal spray! Do not recommend this to anyone! Please contact me at [email protected] if you have had suicidal ideations related to the usage of this drug. | M | 45 | 1 months 1X day | 8/16/2010 | 1 | Allergies/frequent sinus infections | AFTER ABOUT 4 WEEKS OF TAKING THIS DRUG(PREVIOUSLY ON NASONEX BUT INS. COMPANY NEEDED PRE-AUTH. SO FNP SWITCHED ME TO FLONASE)I BEGAN TO NOTICE MANY SIDE-EFFECTS. DIZZINESS, PLUGGED EARS, HEART RACING, HEAD POUNDING, ANXIETY AND EXTREME AGRESSION. I AM ALSO A HYPOTHYROID PATIENT AND INITIALLY WENT TO FNP BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE I WAS GOING TO HYPERTHYROID AND MY SYNTHROID DOSAGE NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. GOT MY LAB RESULTS BACK TODAY AND ALL MY LEVELS WERE COMPLETELY NORMAL. I WILL DISCONTINUE FLONASE IMMEDIATELY. WORKED WELL FOR KEEPING SINUSES CLEAR BUT OTHER SIDE EFFECTS ARE SO EXTREME I THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAZY. I WANT TO RAISE HEALTHY WELL-ADJUSTED CHILDREN. THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE IF I TURN INTO THE SPAWN OF SATAN EVERYTIME I SQUIRT FLONASE UP MY NOSE!!!!! | F | 37 | 2 months 2 sprays 1X day | 8/6/2010 | 1 | Sinus infection | Each dose (spray) was 50 mcg. The instructions on the label said, "inhale 2 sprays to each nostril once daily". After 2 days, I started to notice some of the side effects: headaches, restlessness, loss sense of smell, a strange rash on my forearms, insomnia, anxiety, twitching and muscle & joint pain. I had never experienced any of those symptoms in my life. In my opinion, the FDA should pull this poison off the market as quick as possible. In the meantime perhaps issuing a Black Box warning can help. The side effects are disturbing and very difficult to manage. The risks exceed the benefits by a mile. | After suffering for two additional days, I began to think about what could possibly be causing all of these troubles ...the only thing different in my routine was the poison I was inhaling once a day. I did some research on the side effects and believe it or not found some relief when I was able to validate my suspicions. I stopped inhaling three days ago. All of the symptoms are still present. I am writing this comment six hours after I tried to go to bed and one hour before I have to get ready to go to work. This is not fun. | M | 42 | 7 days 200 mcg 1X day | 8/4/2010 | 5 | post-nasal drip & sore throat | mild headache & mild sinus pain; bloody, dry nasal passages | if it continues to work, this is a miracle drug for me. I've been having afternoon sore throats for almost a year, and the doctors couldn't figure out why. Tried antibiotics & added zyrtec to my daily meds (already taking claritin). Nothing helped. Dr. suggested trying flonase. By the 2nd day, no more sore throat. If I miss a dose, sore throat returns. Still not sure what the underlying cause of my sore throat is (I think the post-nasal drip, but not sure what's causing that). I'm just so thankful to finally have a treatment for my sore throat! | F | 35 | 12 days 2 sprays 1X day | 7/31/2010 | 1 | Allergies/sinus | Blurry Vision with migraine. | Never got headaches in my life (unless I had a sinus infection). The past two weeks my vision got blurry and yesterday I had a blast of wavy light in one eye which subsided after 10 or 15 mins. but left me with a migrain headache. I'm not sure if Flonase is the cause but I stopped taking it and hopefully this will never happen again. It was very scary! I'll have to see what happens in a week or so but if my migrains don't reoccur, I'll assume it was a Flonase side effect. | F | 59 | 2 months 1X day | 7/29/2010 | 2 | Seasonal, Spring & Fall allergies | I actually started with Nasacort for Spring and Fall seasonal allergies (and a bit of travel), then switched to Flonase when that became available (less $$$, propelent dried my nasal lining). I noticed, first with the Nasacort, that my sense of smell was a bit "off": kept smelling a bit of "Cinnamon" (I thought) the first year. Second year--smelled like "Grasses" ...not too bad. At some point I switched to the Flonase (2004). Now I started smelling things like garbage and rot(!) All while doing GREAT for my allergy symptoms. However, I noticed it was taking longer for "normal" smell to return after season; and finally it got where I was waiting longer & longer for ANY smell to return! (This can start affecting taste as well.) This concerned me seriously, and I won't use it any more. | This did not seem to be a listed side effect (or listed with any seriousness) but in looking online, seems to be a fairly prevalent reaction. The ISSUE is it's road to permanent sensory loss--often faster for other people. | F | 61 | 4 years 1-2 sprays 1X day | 7/26/2010 | 4 | seasonal allergies | headaches, aggression, nausea | I started as directed 2x a day and have since lowered to 1x a day. Headaches are gone, and I don't get nausea if I eat prior to taking medicine. Any aggression is infrequent and minor, easily a function of other factors, but seems more regular than before I took medicine. Generally no issues since adjusting dosage for my needs. | M | 27 | 45 days 50 mcg x 2 1X day | 7/24/2010 |