Reviews for FLOVENT173 ratings: (age 12 or younger)Edit Filter | Clear FilterCompare FLOVENT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLOVENT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | asthma, nighttime cough | none | I'm shocked at the side effects people are mentioning. My son has seasonal asthma. Nov. - April, he develops a nighttime cough. It's pretty bad, keeps him and the rest of the household up. He has taken Flovent 2puffs, twice a day. I can sometimes drop to 1 puff twice a day, but not this year. His doctor added Singulair to his therapy and that is when we saw the side effects. Fortunately, I ran out of the med and we decided not to have it refilled, the Flovent is enough and we haven't added anything else. I am seeing a Pulmonary Specialist today just to cover all my bases. My pediatrician has been managing everything up to this point. | M | 8 | 6 years | 1/22/2009 | 1 | Asthma | Rage, anger, hallucinations, opposition, defiance, ADD, night terrors | We took our 8 y.o. son off Flovent on April 3, 2008 after having him on it for over 6 years. The changes have been dramatic. He is now a straight A student. All the side effects have vanished. We actually have a pretty regular 9 y.o. boy now! I would suggest alternative therapies before ever putting my child on this deamon drug. | M | 9 | 6 years | 1/22/2009 | 4 | asthma | No side effects at all. I did notice a huge (almost 2 inches!) growth spurt while off the med during the summer. Hearing about the possibility of stunted growth almost turned us away from using Flovent. I'm happy we didn't. Once the medication is stopped, the child is supposed to "catch up". | My 6 yr old son has been using Flovent since he was 2 1/2 yrs old for asthma. Two puffs (via spacer) once a day as a preventative and during flare ups he gets two puffs 3 times a day combined with Xopenex. Miracle drugs! | M | 6 | 4 years | 1/20/2009 | 1 | Asthma | Mood swings, trouble falling asleep, nightmares, anxiety and new fears, aggressive, uncontrolled crying and feeling very frustrated, constant need to urinate. | This drug helped control my daughters asthma but it is not worth these side effects. At first I blamed her for the changes and then I was ready to go to counseling but after stopping the Flovent she is back to my perfect little girl. I experienced similar problems with Singulair. It is so frustrating to get relief but worry about what other problems the medication will cause. Good luck to all of you reading this and remember to never put your trust completely in a drug or doctor...parents do konw best! | F | 6 | 2 months | 1/7/2009 | 2 | Asthma | moody, sleeplessness, hallucinations, anxiety | This morning, my son told me he has trouble with colors - they tend to change somehow. If his teacher is writing in blue on the board, some of it will turn red, or green. It's happening 4-5 times a day! He is depressed, moody, anxious, and has lots of trouble sleeping. He had a nightmare winter last year with severe respitory problems and complex hallucinations. After giving him more and more and more meds that didn't work, we pulled him off of everything. After six weeks of withdrawl and anxiety councelling, he returned back to normal. He had a great sympom-free summer! With fall/winter, his asthma returned, so we started Flovent again a few months ago. I thought the mood swings were just part of being a pre-teen, but now that the hallucinations are returning, I bet Flovent is the reason he's so unhappy. Thanks for this site! It's helped a lot and we will not let him take Flovent again!!! | M | 11 | 3 months | 1/6/2009 | 5 | Asthma | My daughter is one month shy of 5, and has been using flovent for almost 2 years with no adverse reactions. She gets one puff once a day before bedtime. I increase the dosage when she has a cold. Before flovent she was using QVar and it didn't work. She has had only one wheezing episode this year that required her to use her albuterol inhaler. Flovent works very well for her. | F | 4 | 2 years | 12/21/2008 | 5 | asthma | none | My son has severe asthma and has been taking flovent for well over 4 years. It has lessened his need for the albuterol and has allowed him to lead a very active life. He uses it with a spacer and takes 2 puffs 2x a day. He was switched to pulmicort at one point and started having problems within a couple of days. Once he switched back he has been fairly free from any attacks. The only thing I do wonder about is the long term effects from taking this. I notice with this board is that parents are focusing on the very negative effects of steroids - ask about a lower dose. IMO the suppression of asthma is very important. When your kid has a full blown attack and ends up on liquid steroids, one sees a kid who is truly out of control. My kid take flovent, singulair, claritin, and lives with an air purifier. He plays hockey, hunts and skateboards. Prior to taking flovent he missed days of school, when he caught a cold and was too prone to an attack to be sent. Now his asthma is so stabilized | M | 9 | 4 years | 12/7/2008 | 5 | asthma | None | My son takes this 2 puffs 2 times a day during the winter and spring months. It helps him with his asthma and I don't need to use the rescue inhaler. | M | 5 | 1 years | 11/22/2008 | 1 | Asthma | Insomnia, whinning, irritability, hyperactivity | My 5 yr old daughter was on flovent for controlling asthma for two years. Her only side effect was that she would not sleep much. She would lay in bed and whisper and play with her hands. MD eventually agreed to take her off of it and she has slept soundly since. Our 2 yr old son was just prescribed it and, although he already was a bit whinny and moody, his behavior has worsened 10 fold. Interestingly enough he also lays in bed whispering and playing with his hands like his sister did. Going to MD today to discuss alternatives. | M | 2 | 7 days | 11/21/2008 | 2 | Asthma | My son experienced night terrors, insomnia, aggression, mood swings, and crying spells. His dramatic change in behavior was noticed immediately by his teacher. We had similar problems when he was on Singular also. | It did well in controlling his asthma, but his meltdowns, anxiety and depression are not worth it. I am going to seek other alternatives. | M | 8 | 2 weeks | 11/8/2008 | 4 | chronic lung disease | none | my young premature infant was put on this after unable to administer 6 doses of nebulizer treatments a day. he had RSV twice last winter and needed Prednisolone both times to get the wheezing to stop... since being on flovent he has had respritory infections without any wheezing and easily managed by rest and tylenol. no albuterol even needed. he was not given singular with his, and i do agree that those whose children were, should look into the drug interaction between the two, or the side effects of the singular alone, being on several different types of meds myself, i cannot take several allergy meds as they have extreme interactions with many medications. | M | 1 | 6 months | 10/29/2008 | 4 | child's allergic asthma | My husband and I noticed that our son had a constant headache within a week of beginning the Flovent. We took him to his physician and discovered that the headaches were due to a sinus infection. We cannot blame this on the Flovent as our 6-year old is prone to infections and it is not uncommon for him to get one. He has complained of his mouth being dry a couple of times. By the way, his headache went away after he began taking his antibiotic for the sinus infection and have not come back. | I was very surprised to read these comments. I was beginning to feel that this is a forum intended only to bash this medication. My child has been taking the Flovent for only 3 1/2 weeks but has shown drastic improvement in most of the areas that everyone else is saying has gotten worse. His teacher says that he is on task all the time and that his grades have improved. We've seen no sign of aggression or agitation. He goes to sleep as he always has and has not complained of nightmares. This drug has been miraculous for him. This is a child who constantly had to use his nebulizer and is allergic to nearly everything. He is a changed boy, but for the better. He hasn't used his nebulizer since he began taking Flovent. If any person has concerns about a medication, talk to your doctor. Even better, talk to your pharmacist as they know more about drug compounds than doctors do. | M | 6 | 3 weeks | 10/27/2008 | 2 | recurrent pneumonia | irritability, sleeplessness, agressive behavior | My 14 month old started using this medication after 2 episodes of pneumonia within 4 weeks. Since starting this she has been up most of the night unable to sleep for some reason. I looked up the side effects and no where on the medication's list did it say may cause insomnia. She has also had extreme thirst and been cranky and throwing fits and tantrums over and over throughout the day. She never did this before taking the Flovent. She has even began waving her arms and crying hysterically, screaming, and hitting when she is angered by the littlest thing. Thank goodness for finding this website and seeing that others have had some of these same experiences. If it can affect older children and adults this way her poor little 14 month old body must really be feeling it! | F | 1 | 7 days | 10/20/2008 | 1 | asthma | extreme hyperactivity, not listening, being aggressive with other students in school, defying the teachers instructions | seemed to help control the asthma but not worth the side effects. he has always been an active boy but never had any issues until he started flovent. the side effects started immediatly, has only been taking it for about a week and a half. takes it two puffs in morning and two puffs at night as well | M | 4 | 1 weeks | 10/20/2008 | 1 | 6 year old daughter for asthma | severe mood swings, uncontrolable anger, screaming, physically aggressive, destructive, increased appetite, difficulty going to sleep | It may control asthma but there needs to be a better warning lable for severe side effects. | F | 6 | 2 months | 9/8/2008 | 1 | Asthma coughing | autistic behavior was intensified. | An update to my post from last December. I stopped giving my son both the Flovent and Flonase and it slowly took a few months for him to get back to his "regular" self, but he did. | 7 | | 6/27/2008 | 1 | Seasonal Allergies | Agressive behavior; long,explosive tantrums with head banging; sleep issues; "zoning out" to extremes; looked "through" you; rarely spoke. | We saw immediate changes within 24 hours of first skipped day (had been taking 1 puff/day). Had been diagnosed as PDD-NOS due to these issues; Once the med was stopped, he no longer exhibited the symptoms mentioned above. It has been nearly 12 weeks Flovent-free, and we have a new child and a new life! | M | 3.5 | 1.5 years | 6/21/2008 | 1 | asthma induced by viral infections | crying, out of control behavior, not listening, mean | I have been going crazy trying to figure out what happened to my nice boy? Every approach to discipline has failed lately. My son was on flovent 2x per day and I have brought it down to only 1 and there are still side effects. I can't even leave the room without him having a total melt down and he is 5 - never did this when he was a toddler. The same behavior happened when we tried Singulair. Isn't there something else to manange his asthma? | M | 5 | 1 months | 6/18/2008 | 2 | Seasonal Asthma | My daughter was prescribed Flovent after a 2 day stay at the hospital. It seemed to control her asthma, however I started getting reports from her daycare provider and gymnastics coach that they have had to give her multiple timeouts because she would not listen, and was aggressive towards other children which was out of her character. She does not sleep completely through the night and has become moody on some days. She has only been on this medication for 2 1/2 weeks and takes 2 puffs twice a day. I am going to reduce her medication and make an appointment with her doctor for an alternative treatment plan. | F | 4 | 2 weeks | 5/10/2008 | 1 | Asthma | My 8 year old son has been on this for at least 6 years. I'm reading these stories of rage, anger, anxiety, night-terrors, opposition, defiance, hallucinations, etc and seeing my son in every word! We have had him to therapists and doctors for this and nothing seems to work. We are taking him off this medication NOW as his asthma is very controlled and hope the rage/anger subsides. | His asthma has been well managed but if the side affects he's experiencing are caused by this drug then I'll be talking with an attorney. Try something else before you try this! | M | 8 | 6 years | 4/3/2008 |