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 |
| 1 | prescribed by pediatrician | My son had severe anxiety attacks, coughing spasms, uncontrolled anger. crying, fear and panic attacks. I had never seen this before in my son, his teacher's recommended a psychiatrist. He went as far to hitting his head on a desk at school. I stopped giving him the flovent for two days and the anxiety starting easing up. I have never seen anything like this before! | M | 8 | 3 months | 10/21/2006 | 3 | breathing difficulties | My 27 month old son was prescibed Flovent at the ER when he had a sudden respiratory attack (wheezing/labored breathing/rib cage moving when breathing). As of today, my son has not been diagnosed with either asthma or allergies. Family doc said that there is a fine line between the two and to continue using the inhalers for the next few weeks. He gets very angry and edgy after using it. | M | 2 | 9 days | 9/14/2006 | 1 | Asthma Preventative | My 3 year old son used Flovent for almost a year before we figured out that it was causing his agressive, out-of-control behavior. He had trouble at his preschool and we felt completely out of control. When summer hit, we decided to wean him off and our sweet boy returned. But we didn't make the connection until we started him on it again when a teacher commented about his coughing & sounding "asthmatic." After only one day, his teacher complained of his disrespectful behavior and he was a complete monster as compared to the day before...it finally dawned on us to research side effects. (He had the same side effects taking Zyrtec for allergies, which is what the ped. said he had before diagnosing him with asthma). | I would not recommend this for young children. Would love to hear of alternatives for controlling asthma (if my son even really has it). | M | 3 | 9 months | 6/23/2006 | 3 | Asthma /Allergies | My daughter has become agressive and some what violent on this medicine. I'm looking for alternatives. | Helps the constant cough | F | 4 | 7 days | 5/17/2006 | 1 | Asthma | Within 3 days of my 5 yr old being put on Flovent my son was gone and Satan had decided to take his place. He was bouncing off the walls within minutes of inhaling it. He would literally RUN for the next two hours. The whole time singing,growling,yelling. He would then pass out and go to sleep. The temper tantrums were unreal. The minute he was told no he would attack you. Screaming,scratching,biting,hitting,etc My dr said that these were not side effects of Flovent and that I should get my son couseling. I said he never did this before going on Flovent. She told me to keep him on it. I left,went home and threw the Flovent out. I will NOT be using giving that to my son again. It has beem 4 days since stopping the Flovent. My child is back to normal and we have a new dr. Not all drs know what they are doing. | I do not even think my son has asthma. He has never had an attack. He has allergies just like everyone in our family. Runny nose,dark circles under his eyes,watery eyes. Our new dr does not think he has astham either. He has an appt for allergy tests next week. | M | 5 | 8 days | 4/24/2006 | 1 | daughter for asthma | Our pediatrician prescribed this for our daughter for asthma when she was 2 1/2 yrs old. (She had been on several other asthma meds before.) After only a couple doses of this medicine, she experienced a severe sudden onset of aggression, throwing herself around in a fit of anger, hallucinations, and saying weird things about bugs. I went in her room in the middle of the night and she was hysterical, talking about her toes being square and all sorts of other strange things. I immediately took her off of it. It was terrifying. | Doctor and pharmacist were adamant that they had never heard of these types of side effects. But the symptoms went away immediately within the day or two after we stopped the med. It is over a year later and she's never experienced anything like that again. I have no doubt in my mind that it was as a result of flovent. I would not recommend this to anyone for use with a small child. | F | 2 | 2 days | 2/12/2006 | 4 | 4 | My daughter started taking flovent when she was a toddler, around 1 year old. We took her off it at 3 and a half because she wasn't having asthma symptoms anymore and we weren't even sure we believed she had asthma. After taking her off of it she had a HUGE growth spurt. From 25 lbs and 38" tall to 37.5 lbs and 42" tall, in just a couple of months! It was definetly stunting her growth. | It did work well for her persistant coughing. | F | 3 | 2 years | 12/31/2005 | 1 | asthma | My son took Flovent for about 3 years, and I always wondered if it was making him a bit harder to get along with, altho his behavior was well within range of normal. Then, when he turned 5, he developed severe behavioral problems. He became irritable, aggressive, overly sensitive. He would regularly hit, kick and bite me and his little sister. When placed in time-out, he would do damage to his room, at one point even breaking a window pane. We reduced his initial dose and saw no decrease in this behavior. We reduced it again to just one puff a day and, within a few days, our sweet, kind, pre-Flovent little boy was back. Also discovered Flovent can predispose you to glaucoma, which we have a strong history of in our family. Have discontinued the medicine. | Flovent worked very well to control my son's asthma. But the price was FAR too high. Parents should be warned to watch carefully for behavioral side effects. We spent a year going a parenting improvement program--only to discover that we were fine parents, as long as our son wasn't on Flovent! | M | 5 | 3 years | 10/12/2005 | 3 | persistent asthma | My 8 year old son has experienced growth suppression. He used to be in the 95th percentile, and is now in the 50th. His bone age is 5.5 years old. He is also being investigated for possible adrenal fatigue. (due to extremely low cortisol levels) | M | 8 | 3 years | 9/19/2005 | 4 | Asthma | Occasional headaches. | Works wonders for asthma. No ER visits this past winter! | F | 5 | 5 months | 6/24/2005 | 1 | misdiagnosed asthma | Son now 11 bone age 7 per endocrinologist. Took son to endocrinologist over concerns of lack of growth. Began expressing my concerns at age 9 when growth supposedly should have resumed. It did not. Child experienced lack of growth as well as bruising which resulted in several tests to determine cause of bruising. Child sensitive to the side effects of this drug. Just found out this week he does not have asthma he was misdiagnosed and has Vocal Cord Dysfunction which mimics asthma. According to my research 20 - 30 % of asthma cases are misdiagnosed. This is especially true in children. | I would not use this drug with a child who shows signs of growth suppression. I would also be sure your child has the correct diagnosis of asthma through the use of a methacholine challenge. Therefore you will not be exposing you child to the harmful effects of this drug if it is not necessary. | M | 11 | 4 years | 5/5/2005 | 4 | Asthma | None | Took nearly a month to notice effects. Been flare free for three months now. | M | 3 | 4 months | 1/3/2005 | 1 | asthma-like cough | Weight gain; advanced bone age and suppressed growth in child. | Find a doctor who will closely monitor children/be honest. Tests done w/Flovent are only a few months in duration and not long-term. Monitor your child yourself and be an advocate. We learned the hard way that Flovent is very powerful in kids under 12, even on minimum dosage. | F | 11 | 2 years | 7/31/2004 |