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 |
| 5 | Dust allergies | None | FLONASE IS INCREDIBLE!!! I suffered miserably for years from year-round allergies. I finally went to an allergist and got tested (well worth it). I found out I was allergic to dust and dustmites. He put me on Flonase. It has worked absolutely incredible for me. Sneezing and blowing my nose are a thing of the past. It has TOTALLY cured me from allergies. I only wish I had gone to an allergist 10 years ago. | M | 47 | 1 months | 10/7/2009 | 2 | sinusitus | complete loss of sense of smell and taste | Flonase didn't clear up my nasal congestion and resulted in a cough and loss of sense of taste and smell. Will discontinue immediately and hope I can enjoy the taste and scent of food again soon. | M | 57 | 6 days | 10/4/2009 | 1 | allergies | loss of appetite, insomnia, nightmares, anxiety, depression, feeling "out of it", dizziness, tired, weak, two episodes of light nosebleeds about a month apart, redness on outside of left nostril, left eye bloodshot, eventually left eye pain and left temple pain, severe dryness in nose, feeling of tightness like swim goggles after 3 months of use, nasal pain, muscle weakness in arms & legs, unstable blood sugar, irritability, short-tempered, inability to concentrate | After 2 wks of using it, I started to feel strange, loss of appetite, tired, anxious, worried, "out of it". After 1 month, I had a slight nose bleed from my left nostril and was treated with a steroid shot and 2 back-to-back cycles of antibiotics for a "sinus infection." Another month later, I had another slight nosebleed and was treated again for a sinus infection with a stronger cycle of antibiotics. All the while, I was feeling unlike I had ever felt in my life. See my side effects at left. Finally, after being on generic Flonase for three months, I realized (not the doctors) that it was the nasal spray that was making me "sick". The doctors had kept telling me to stay on it b/c my left nasal cavity was so inflamed that it "had to be helping." Ultimately, I ended up going to the ER 3 times this summer, and it all started with the steroid nasal spray. By the time, the doctors were finished "doctoring" me from what they couldn't figure out was the Flonase, they had given me two steroid shots six weeks apart and 5 days of Prednisone. I was up for 4 straight nights in a row right after finishing the Prednisone with all the other steroids in my system. I went to the ER once with a BP of 212/110 and another time for chest pains. I am a normal, healthy woman with simple allergic rhinitis & a deviated septum. Be careful! | F | 38 | 3 months | 9/29/2009 | 1 | sinus conjestion | headaches, dizziness, shortness of breath.. | colapsed to total unconciencness,,, on field during band performance.. | F | 15 | 2 days | 9/25/2009 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | Anxiety, migraines | My son began taking this drug for allergies in the spring and over the summer we noticed he began to pick scabs and bite his fingernails. Both habits are considered "anxiety" disorders. Scab picking was severe and led to multiple scars and skin infections. Migraines occurred every 2-3 weeks, were sudden in onset and quickly progressed to the point of vomiting. I finally made the connection in timing of introduction of the drug to his system and the onset of these symptoms. He has been off the drug for 2 weeks and has had no migraines, gone two days without picking scabs, and I just cut his fingernails for the first time in four months. Yea! | M | 7 | 4 months | 9/18/2009 | 5 | Allergies | No side affects | I was on Flonase for 2 yrs and I want to share with everyone before you start your .kiwidrug.com/search/flonase lonase medication | F | 62 | 2 years | 9/17/2009 | 4 | Allergies/pressurized ears | Bad taste due to dripping, some sleeplessness | I've been taking this off and on for years. It's not a miracle drug, but overall its one of the better long-term solutions I've found. I am allergic to almost everything in my house, including my 2 cats and I work with dogs, so I'm usually miserable. When I take Flonase, after a few days everything but the ear pressure goes away. In my experience, its better to start this medicine off slow - one pump per nostril, once a day IN THE MORNING. If you take it at night, the position of your head will keep too much of it in your sinuses (it was designed for patients mostly in a vertical position, therefor some is expected to drain down your throat - if you lay down for hours after spraying, nothing drains and you might "overdose" even with the "proper" dose). If you take this right before bed, it can cause some sleeplessness. Taking it during the day may prevent that side effect. Also note, though, some people experience something like sleep apnea when they have allergy symptoms (most people with the condition are not aware of it), and if you have inner ear issues like me, simply shifting positions at night can cause vertigo even in sleep, which can wake you up too. Allergies can cause diziness by themselves, so if you become dizzy, again, don't just blame the drug. That may be a new change in your allergies and the drug can take a couple days to reach full potential. | F | 29 | 3 years | 9/16/2009 | 4 | Sinusitis, Blocked Tear Ducts | No adverse side effects | I have had chronic nasal problems for 35+ years which for the past 2 years has begun effecting my tear ducts by plugging them up and causing constant pussy exudate and vision problems. Eye doctor wanted to insert tubes in my ducts but I thought, why a surgery? Began using Flonase a month ago and my problem has diminished quite substantially. For now, I am very satisfied with the product. In this short time, Flonase has already made up for most of the misery I have had with my eyes for the past 2 years. As with any medication, each user responds differently. Always follow the 'advice' your body tells you and respond accordingly. | F | 57 | 1 months | 9/9/2009 | 5 | seasonal allerigies | none | Has worked great to keep nose clear for seasonal allergies. Does not always control pressure in ears. Get fewer sinus infections, but still usually twice a year. | F | 45 | 5 years | 9/3/2009 | 1 | Sinus congestion | Loss of appetite, nausea, dizziness, heart palpatations, depression, panic attacks, lack of energy, sleeplessness, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing (including food) | Don't even think about using this nasal spray until you have read all the possible side effects. Check out www.NIH.gov for 3 long lists of possible side effects from mild to emergency-room-serious level. Flonase did nothing to relieve my nasal congestion even after using the product for two months. But once I went from one spray per nostril to two sprays per nostril per day my problems began. Many of my side effects were on the serious, get yourself to the emergency room list! The depression was the most frightening. But dizziness for half the day, nausea, lack of appetite and, especially, shortness of breath were also very scary. I'm usually a very confident, optimistic person, but the depression was beginning to cause a personality change. The lack of energy was getting me down as well because I couldn't clean the house, run errands, and keep things orderly and the resulting chaos only created another kind of depression. Be very careful before taking this drug. Read the Medline account about the use of this drug as far back as 1948 at the Mayo Clinic for arthritis and how it created so many horrible side effects no one would take it. | F | 70 | 2 months | 8/23/2009 | 1 | allergies | neck and back pain so severe it wakes me up at night. Nose is still runny and sneezy, but can breath a little better at night. However, the better breathing is probably from ridding my bedroom of dustmites more than from the meds. I thought I was getting sick, but now think it is the flonase. | F | 43 | 8 days | 8/10/2009 | 1 | Chronic Sinus Infections | I took Flonase for 3 days when I had a severe migraine. I didn't connect the dots. That night I took Flonase for a 4th time. The next day I had another migraine. Finally I Googled Flonase & Migraines, discovering that the World Health Organization had found a significant connection between Flonase & Migraines. I stopped taking it. I had 2 more migraines 3 days after I'd stopped the medicine so it took that long for the medicine to clear my system. I have not had a migraine since that 4th one on June 23/09. Note: hormones, birth control pills, & MSG have also triggered my migraines. | F | 64 | 4 days | 7/27/2009 | 1 | Severe, year-round allergies | debilitating cough, sore throat, runny nose, sneezing, headache, nausea/vomiting | My allergies had gotten to the point that they were no longer “seasonal” but year-round. I was taking a Claritin every day, sometimes taking another before I was supposed to. It helped some with the sneezing and runny nose but didn’t do much to relieve the obnoxious congestion I had become so accustomed to. Once I developed allergic asthma and was having regular attacks, I finally saw my doctor. He prescribed me Flonase and Singulair, and told me to continue taking my Claritin once a day. I took everything diligently at 6pm every day. For the first 8 days, I was on cloud 9. I could breathe all day and all night, no asthma attacks, no sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes, scratchy throat…nothing! I thought I’d found wonder drugs. Yesterday, while at work I realized I was coughing…and coughing, and coughing, and coughing. I felt completely fine but had this persistent and horrible cough. I really didn’t think much of it, and took all my meds again at 6pm. Twenty minutes later, I could barely talk. I ended up awake all night with the cough, a sore throat, I was nauseous and throwing up, and when I finally drug myself out of bed this morning I stood up to a bad headache. I looked up the side effects of Flonase and they seem to fit the bill perfectly. I plan on calling my doctor today, and never putting that drug up my nose again. Talk about a let down. | F | 22 | 9 days | 7/24/2009 | 3 | chronic sinus problems | at first there were none, but then anxiety and heart palpitations set in | my doctor prescribed flonase to me and it worked wonders for about a week, then the headaches started. doctor then told me to take it as needed. while the drug was "working its way out of my system" i had horrible panic attacks, heart palpitations and high anxiety... i took it after getting stopped up again and the same exact thing happened- only thing could explain it is flonase since that's the only medicine i take... it's not worth it. sad news too because it was the only thing that worked to unstop my nose :( | F | 24 | 2 months | 7/22/2009 | 5 | Severe congestion | Occasional mild nosebleeds (only if blow my nose too hard) | I've always had sinus problems and terrible seasonal allergies, and I'm also allergic to cats. Last year I got a cat... I know, terrible idea, but I couldn't turn it away. Zyrtec relieved the constant sneezing and itchy eyes, but not the severe congestion. I had resorted to taking two different types of nasal sprays no less than every 2 hours; one of them made my heart feel like it was going to burst out of my chest. On a visit to my psychiatrist of all people, she saw how miserable I was and suggested I try Flonase, so she wrote me a script. I bought the generic version and within 3 days, I was a new person. No more congestion, NONE! Flonase has been a godsend, and I highly recommend it to anyone with similar problems to mine. I'm willing to put up with almost any side effect over the misery of living without being able to breathe through my nose. As a testament, I ran out of Flonase about two weeks ago, and for the last few days I’ve been back to my miserable congested self. I can’t wait to pick up a new one at the pharmacy tomorrow. | F | 30 | 3 months | 7/20/2009 | 2 | allergies, clogged ears | Sore throat, tingling tongue, few canker sores...let me tell you that I would rather suffer the effects of allergies over the side effects of this medication. | Flonase has alleviated the common effects of allergies such as: sneezing, itchy eyes and hayfever. However the side effects that I listed are extremely bothersome. Therefore I no longer plan on using this steriod based medication given the uncomfortable side effects. | M | 35 | 2 months | 7/20/2009 | 1 | eustachian tube dysfunction | irritated eyes, weird sensations in the eye lids, panic attacks, nightmares | The drug helped with the constant popping in my ear, which was awesome, but my eyes were acting strange. I didn't connect the two until after reading some of the comments. Four years ago I had panic attacks and tonight I'm having it all over again. Thank you all for leaving your experiences on this page! It helped me figure out that it was simply the drug causing this. I hope this medicine will get out of my system quick. | F | 30 | 6 months | 7/14/2009 | 2 | sinusitis, seasonal allergies | Fungal infection in sinuses, thrush in mouth. | The thrush was the first noticeable side effect, and a big concern for an otherwise healthy man. My dentist actually diagnosed & treated the thrush, but when it returned I went to my PCP, my doctor (ex-doctor) told me I didn't have thrush or a fungal infection because "that's what girls get in their vaginas." After changing doctors, I was treated for fungal infection and it cleared up. | M | 6 months | 7/12/2009 | 3 | sinus and allergy problems | my tongue tingles,sometimes a numb feeling. metallic taste in my mouth, nothing taste good. trouble sleeping, blurred vision, always tired | I couldn't figure out why my tongue tingles and sometimes feels numb and I constantly have a metallic taste in my mouth. The only medicine I take everyday is Flonase, so I looked up side affects for Flonase and found this site. After reading other peoples side affects I think my blurred vision, trouble sleeping, always tired, and even weight gain may be related to the flonase. I am going to stop taking it and see what happens. even though Flonase helps me breath at night, I think I will stick with saline. | F | 45 | 1 years | 7/9/2009 | 1 | Allergies | Withdrawal SEVERE DIZZINESS! While on drug experienced dry, itchy nose, headaches, sneezing and runny nose. Didn't help cough at all. | I have used Flonase for years for my spring allergies. Last fall I became ill and developed a persistent cough. My doctor told me to use the Flonase to help my cough. It never helped my cough, in fact what helped is when I started taking 2 TBLS of organic apple cider vinegar (OCV) in 8 oz water daily. I stopped the Flonase because my nose was so itchy -- I sneezed all the time and therefore had to continuously blow my nose. I was off of it for two days when I began experiencing the worst dizziness. The first bout was so debilitating that I could not stand for over an hour. Now it is four days later and I am still experiencing severe dizziness in the morning but am actually sneezing less and definitely blowing my nose less. I will never use this drug again! I will use my ACV in water; netti pot and saline! Can't wait for the dizziness to go away :-( ! | F | 61 | 8 months | 7/8/2009 |