PULMICORT Reviews (BUDESONIDE)

Average Rating: 2.5 (174 Ratings)

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PULMICORT  (BUDESONIDE):  Budesonide is used to control and prevent symptoms (wheezing and shortness of breath) caused by asthma. This medication belongs to a class of drugs known as corticosteroids. It works directly in the lungs to make breathing easier by reducing the irritation and swelling of the airways. This medication must be used regularly to be effective. It does not work right away and should not be used to relieve sudden asthma attacks. If an asthma attack occurs, use your quick-relief inhaler as prescribed.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-06-24 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 5  asthma I do not think dosage is consistent through life of canister. When start a new canister I am really hungry but have great asthma relief. Towards the end I find not as much medication delivered and not as helpful with asthma. Sometimes the little red flag doesn't drop down. TIP FOR USERS: I write the date I first use it with waterproof marker on the canister. Then I calculate number of doses and get an idea of when I will be running out, just in case flag doesn't drop. Also...be REALLY careful when you open a new one...if flag hasn't dropped you can't tell the new one from the old one. F 48 4 years
11/26/2006
 2  asthma Insomnia and Muscle spasms..my hands and fingers contorted into unnatural positions and were momentarily paralyzed. Looked like stroke victims hands. This happened on three sperate occasions when I tried Pulmicort..after just one dose. When I stop the drug,spasms are gone Helped my astma a lot F 55 1 days
11/20/2006
 4  asthma My son had an increase in urination while on Pulmicort. Wetting the bed every night, even with fluids resticted and waking during the night to go to the bathroom. Now off the pulmicort, urination has returned to normal. Pharmacist said this is a side effect of the meds, but I do not see it listed anywhere. Pulmocort does help my son's asthma flare ups. M 3
11/2/2006
 3  reactive airway disease irritabily, depression behavior, restlessness, sleeplessness, low appetite, malaise this medicine kept her wheezing at bay but it did not prevent it. when she got sick she stayed sick and had to switch to oralpred for 5 days. She has had recurring cycles of illness for the past year. She also uses xopenex for acute coughing attacks. F 3 1 years
10/23/2006
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 4  asthma child has been on this medication for 1 week; has become hyperactive, complains of headaches, sleep has been severly disrupted F 8 7 days
10/2/2006
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 3  Wheezing My 11 month old daugther was prescribed Pulmicort to help her wheezing casued by RSV. The wheezing was cleared up within the first week however her face broke out in a rash, her appetite decreased TREMENDOUSLY, and she never slept through the night when taking this medication and she had been sleeping throught the night since she was one month of age. Pulmicort was excellent for stopping the wheezing symptoms in my 11 month old daughter, however I'm not sure if it was worth the rash, the loss of appetite, and numerous sleepless nights. consider alternatives before using this on young child.... F -1 3 weeks
9/26/2006
 2  reactive airway disease Emotional volatility, mood swings, inattentive, tantrums, Tourette's disorder-type symptoms, stunted growth It NEVER occurred to us my son's behavior was drug (Pulmicort) related until we took him off of it. What an amazing turnaround -- he was so bad we thought he was autisitc but now he is completely normal. M 5 3 years
8/9/2006
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 5  asthmatic bronchitis HUGE weight gain. I only need asthma medicine for winter Asthmatic Bronchitis. I've had it since I was 19 when I had my tonsils taken out. As soon as the weather hits 32 degrees I start coughing. Dry hacking seal type cough so hard I can gag. No infection. I will stay this way from the first 32 degree day in fall until April when it warms up. I have no other asthma. I take Singular, Pulmicort, and have an emergency inhaler if needed. Pulmicort controlled the cough great. But I noticed a HUGE weight gain that was out of control. No matter what I did I gained weight in months. I blamed it on age until I started talking to others on asthma meds. I was up 7 lbs in 4 months. I was up to 130 at 4' 10". As soon as I went off and did a diet I am down to 119. I had the moon face, and rolls on my back I've never seen before. I even lost weight on a cruise and ate like a horse. I confirmed with my doctor this was the cause, so come fall we will try something else. No meds in warm weather. F 50 5 days
6/7/2006
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 5  Asthmatic bronchitis Ammendment Ammendment to previous review F 50 5 months
6/7/2006
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 4  Recurrent bronchitis I have had bronchiectasis all my life. Surgery at age 20 dealt to it fairly well for 35 years then I started getting recurrent bronchitis that my GP mistreated because he wouldn't allow antibiotics for longer than 10 days and kept prescribing a different one each time it recurred within a week. Finally he referred me to a chest physician who gave me 6 months' augmentin! The bugs are killed in the first few days but the damaged tissues are vulnerable for much longer and need extended protection until they build resistance. I was told to do daily postural drainage to get rid of irritant non-pathogens that lower immunity and take 20-30 days augmentin for future infections. I was also prescribed Pulmicort and told to limit absorption by washing my mouth out and gargling afterwards. After a year or so things got back to normal but my GP said keep using Pulmicort to prevent a recurrence. 7 years later at age 71 I was diagnosed with osteoporosis - a total surprise as I thought I had all the r I once got some advice from another doctor on long-term medication: when symptoms improve try cutting it out for a couple of weeks to see if you still need it, because often you don't. Wish I'd remembered to do that with Pulmicort. Now I have concerns about the Fosamax I am taking for osteoporosis... M 71 8 years
4/18/2006
 3  wheezing restlessness, trouble sleeping, hyperactive My son was only 31/2 months old. He took it for 2 weeks and it really made he have more problems then what we started out with. But it did get rid of his wheezing. M 3.5 2 weeks
3/20/2006
 3  wheezing in my 5 year old--irritable, moody, easily agitated, agression, trouble sleeping...but controlled wheezing She has not taken it for 1 week, so hopefully she will return to her old self. I have even discontinued a nose spray she was prescribed because it may also be causing the same symptoms. I probably will not use pulmicort again. F 5 1 months
2/21/2006
 1  asthma psychotic side effects - mania, delusions, severe insomnia. after taking this horrible drug, I could not sleep for one week straight, with my heart pounding constantly. Blood pressure shot up to 166/115, and stayed that way. Then I started gettin hallucinations, and then full blown delusions (of grandeur) and had to put in the mental hospital. (I was very nearly shot by the police because of my delusions) M 40 1 days
1/21/2006
 4  Asthma prevention Fatigue, racing heart Seems to have helped, I reduced to only one does a day. Fatique and lethargy still present. F 33 1 months
1/5/2006
 1  asthma Mood swings, belligerent behavior, decrease in appetite, fatigue, and hyperactivity. M 4 3 weeks
1/5/2006
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 3  asthma Bruising first week on meds, extreme fatigue, child would sleep 11 hours, but want a nap by 11:00 a.m., behavioral changes Less side effects at one puff per day, but didn't fully control asthma, more side effects at two puffs per day. F 4 3 weeks
11/2/2005
 3  wheezing/chronic lung disease My infant son (six months) has been very irritable and hyper and his appetite has decreased. However he's wheezing less and his oxygen needs have gone down. M 6 3 weeks
10/19/2005
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 4  asthma weaking of enamel on teeth. Reduced if mouth was rinsed well after. works great to control asthma. I just wish it did not cost so much. M 4 1 years
10/13/2005
 3  Asthma EXTREME fatigue. Child slept most of morning at preschool and was so tired that could barely speak; sounded depressed; but at other times was hyper. Medicine did help child breath better. Child has had asthma for some time and has been prescribed steroids before (orapred and pediapred). Both worked very well and had minimal side effects(Pediapred caused some vomiting). when switched to Orapred, did very well. M 4 3 days
9/27/2005
 2  asthma Bad headaches. Thrush in my mouth. It did control my asthma, but the headaches got very bad. I went back on Vanceril, an older steroid inhaler, which works just as well without the side effects. (Well, I could still get thrush, but I have a good spacer I can use with it that prevents the thrush.) And no headaches. F 61 3 weeks
5/30/2005

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