FLOVENT Reviews (FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (338 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLOVENT with similar:
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| 1 | asthma controller | son, 2 1/2 , anger, hyperactivity, decreased appetite, inability to be as attentive, burst outs, poor impulse control | son was on in all but 2 weeks when i connected the two and two. his episodes of breathing trouble are only when he has a cold and allergies...so its not a daily occurance as it is for others. able to explore other options. his personality changed drastically noticeable by others. would not advise the use of this drug....please work with your doc to find suitable alternative. our doctor , an allergy specialist was not at all surprised by the side effect, has seen it before....er docs put son on it. they never discussed these awfull side effects. | F | 27 | 3 weeks 44 2X day | 9/21/2010 | 3 | Lifelong Asthma | Nightmares, Weight Gain, Anxiety, Depression, Heart Palpitations | I was on Advair 250/50 for 3 years, quit that and went to just Flovent 110 mg 2 puffs 2xday. I then weaned down to 110mg 1 puff 1x a day. I sometimes now skip the second puff. I was being over medicated on Flovent and had weight gain and a whole plethora of issues. As the Flovent has decreased I have went from 180lbs to 120lbs without changing diet or exercise. I also begun having heart palpitations/tachycardia, nightmares, and severe anxiety while on the 110mg 2x a day regimen. My doctor recommended I wean down as much as possible because part of my issue is the Flovent is raising my blood sugars, and causing anxiety. She said that is a side effect of Flovent, and told me my peakflow is 100% of normal, so I can still decrease from 110, and wants me on 44 2 puffs 2x a day. This stuff keeps away Asthma but it has horrible side effects. The heart palpitations/tachycardia/nightmares/anxiety are the worse part because they have put me in the ER more than once when I wake up with my heart racing at 120-180 BPM. | F | 26 | 5 years 110 2X day | 9/19/2010 | 3 | Asthma | yeast infection in throat, esophagial candida | Flovent has worked really well for me to control my asthma over the years. The only problem is it gives me yeast infections in my throat and espophagus about once a year. The infection in the throat is obvious, it's white spots on the back of my throat. All it takes to get rid of it is one Diflucan. I found out I had the infection (candida) in my esophagus last week when I had an edoscopy. The GI doctor thinks it's the cause for my terrible stomach problems/acid reflux I've been having for 3 months. The only other symtpoms I had of it was a slight cough. | F | 26 | 7 years 110mg 1X day | 8/29/2010 | 1 | Asthma | I posted about Flovent my 4 year old daughter took on June 1st and the side effect she experienced. Here is an update. | I took my daughter off of Flovent (and Singulair) after finding this site and she still experienced coughing/throwing up episodes at nighttime and no wheezing at all (2x throughout June). Since she had this while on the medicine, and had it off the medicine, I concluded that it's something more to this then just asthma and I took her to a pediatric pulmonologist. She did an asthma breathing test (and did FANTASTIC!) and I asked if this could be acid reflux in addition to her asthma. The doc said he doubts she even has asthma, and said we'd try acid reflux medicine and see if that helps any. And guess what? Over the past month and a half she's had AMAZING breathing, NO coughing, NO throwing up at ALL while on the acid reflux medicine! Her quality of life has improved greatly since stopping Flovent and Singulair. Her aggressiveness has gone, she's more focused, no more bad calls from teachers or administrators...Im so happy I have my happy, healthy girl back! | F | 4 | 1.5 years 110 2X day | 8/10/2010 | 1 | eosiniphilic esophagitis | Initially, my throat got scratchy in the middle of the afternoon. I take the puffs in the morning and then right before bed. After about 1 week, I started noticing that I was always angry and moody, and I chalked it up to PMS. But, it wasn't... reviewing my calendar I realized it must be the Flovent. I'm still on it, and still moody (negatively, always angry and can be set off at any moment.) I'm also working out to lose weight, but more is just being packed on. I feel bloated and heavy all the time. | I took 2 puffs 2 times a day to help coat my throat of the EE. I was allowed to start bringing in new foods into my diet (had previously been on a food elimination program) because this medicine was supposed to help calm the eosiniphils. It didn't work an I'm in more pain NOW than I was before I introduced new foods and on the medicine. | F | 25 | 4 weeks 220 mcg 2X day | 8/3/2010 | 4 | Asthma | None | My seven year old uses this medicine daily to control asthma. For us, it has been WONDERFUL. We are very happy. I do understand the concerns others have about side effects - My son had most of the side effects mentioned here (sleeplessness, emotional, lethargic, mood swings) when he took Singulair to control his asthma. All of these side effects went away when we switched to Flovent instead of Singulair. His asthma is better controlled than it has ever been. | M | 7 | 8 months 44 mcg 2X day | 7/28/2010 | 4 | Asthma | behavioral changes. eating less. potty training regression. sleeping less. | My son is 2 years 10 months old. I've been told he has a mild case of asthma due to allergies. 2 weeks ago he had a couple of coughing fits that ended with him vomiting. Dr. prescribed flovent. Twice a day, 2 puffs at a time. The coughing went away within days as did his constant runny nose, but I started to notice changes in his behavior. He was more emotional, more sensitive. Would cry more for silly things. Always a great eater, his appetite began to wane. He's started to sleep less by small increments and today I noticed slight bags under his little eyes and the last 2 days he hasn't napped which had happened before on a few occasions but he would always make up for the nap by waking up later in the morning. Not the case this time. The icing was the pants wetting. as often as 3 times during the day, completely out of character for him. I was aware of the issues with steroids and had planned to wean him off the medication beginning next week but after reading all of these comments I'm simply taking him off of it. It worked wonderfully for his cough but I do not like the side effects and at his age he can't properly vocalize let alone understand what he's feeling and I don't think it's fair to him. | M | 40 | 14 days 88 2X day | 6/28/2010 | 4 | asthma | my 10 year old son has been taking flovent for mild asthma. It works very well for him, my only concern is slowed growth. I have tried discontinuing the drug, but when I do he suffers with a bad cough and really increased need for albuyterol. Is there any other drug just as effective but without the slowed growth side effect? | F | 43 | 3 years 2X day | 6/19/2010 | 3 | Asthma | major behavioral changes and mood swings when my daughter started this a year and a half ago. I told her doc about it and was told to keep her on it. NOW a year and a half later she is having constant headaches, hallucinations, bad dreams, insomnia...Im weaning her off this and will demand a safer alternative! All these posts Ive read on children mirror behaviors my daughter has had for the past year and a half. | My daughter was diagnosed at age 2 with asthma, and started flovent 6 months after her original diagnosis (after being on oral steroids 2x a month). It has helped with her wheezing and coughing, but the behavioral issues as she's gotten older have become too much. I miss my sweet girl and want her back! Her asthma is allergy related and she's had adenoid gland surgery to help with her nasal drainage. She's also on Singulair granules, I give it to her every other night (not nightly as prescribed). I didn't notice too much behavioral issues when she started the singulair a year ago, that too helped with her coughing/throwing up episodes at nighttime. After her adenoid gland surgery and allergy tests she started allergy drops (which have helped her allergies A LOT!) and this past January 2010 I put a tower air purifier in her bedroom and started her on Omega 3-6-9 supplements. She's only had one issue with coughing/throwing up at night. Ive seen the biggest improvement in her coughing and asthma with the Omega 3-6-9 and air purifier then anything else! | F | 4 | 1.5 years 110 2X day | 6/1/2010 | 3 | broncitis possible asthma | after taking flovent inhaler I developed tingling sensation in hands and feet.read warnings and saw that this is considered a serious side effect. | Went to Dr as the warnings said to see him immediatly.He looked at every other possible reason for the tingling except the flovent even saying he thought it was caused by the salbutamol inhaler which does not list this as a side effect.He finally said to stop taking the flovent anyway.The flovent did seem to be working but I got no answers as to whether it would be dangerous to continue using or what could happen.The tingling was not that severe and I probably could have put up with it for the 2 weeks that it was prescribed for.I dont think most doctors even know all the side effects of most drugs. | M | 49 | 5 days 250mcd 2X day | 5/30/2010 | 1 | Allergies | Throat swelling shut..had to struggle and fight to breathe. | In the 2 weeks I tried this I had 3 episodes where I got choaked and COULD NOT inhale. I had to struggel and fight to breath in and made the most horriable noise trying. I was ALONE every time and terrified. I realized I had to figure this out fast or I would die.. After the third time, I realized this stuff was the only thing different in my life, haven't used it since and it hasn't happened again. I came here to see if this had happened to anyone else. This had never happened to me before and hasn't happened since. It actually felt like my throat swelled up and closed up. | F | 64 | 14 days 50 1X day | 5/15/2010 | 1 | My son was to control his asthma | My 5 year old began having behavioral issues almost immediately after taking Flovent. He normally is a good kid especially at school. After taking Flovent he began being disrespectful to his teacher and classmates, hitting other children and cursing! It wasn't until 5 days later that we realized that there might be a connection with the Flovent and his behavior. | I am sure that Flovent does work well for many. However, I would strongly suggest that healthcare providers alert parents on the possiblity that this drug could cause serious behavior issues in children. | F | 35 | 7 days 110mcg 2X day | 5/12/2010 | 1 | Asthma attack | My 10 year old daughter experienced incontinence within weeks of taking this drug. She never even had an accident while potty training! Our male pediatrician discounted the concern that the incontinence was caused by the flovent. I started giving the puffer sparingly rather than twice daily. Gave two puffs on Sat and two on Sun b/c of weather. Sun night my daughter started crying uncontrollably, racing thoughts, paranoid, scared, and severe headache. Took her to our previous female pediatrician who agreed that I stop the medicine to see how my daughter responded. By Monday night thoughts were subsiding. Tuesday morning she went to school and said it was O.K.She still having some bothersome thoughts but nothing like Sunday. She was able to sleep in her own room Tuesday night. She slept in my room Sunday night and Monday night. This has been a terrible drug for my daughter. I am taking the meds to the pediatrician to dispose of them. I will NEVER give this to my child again! | F | 40 | 5 weeks 12 g 2X day | 5/11/2010 | 3 | Asthma | The flovent helped within a few days with my daughter's breathing and coughing. But it has had some very negative side effects. It has made my 6 yr old daughter moody, depressed, sensitive and emotional. It changed her personality to such a degree we are considering therapy for her if she has to stay on this drug. I am hoping we will have better luck with Pulmacort or Cingulair. | F | 6 | 3 months 1X day | 4/17/2010 | 1 | Asthma | Shortness of breathe and extremely emotional. Agitated but would burst into tears over "nothing". | Azmacort is no longer available so my Dr. switched me to this stuff. Ugh. Started noticing I was always out of breath, very emotional (like when I was pregnant) and my coughing spasms started up again during the night. Once I suspected this new inhaler I stopped using it and the coughing, highly-emotional state and shortness of breath went away. Now I'm going to try QVar. Unfortunately my QVar does not have the counter on it. Crap. | F | 51 | 1.5 months 220 MCG 2X day | 4/16/2010 | 1 | Asthma | more accidents (peeing in pants) decreased playfullness personality chagnes seems like he is in a daze all the time sleeping during the day time | My 2 1/2 year old was perscribed this medication for his suspected asthma. About 2 weeks into the 4 weeks that I gave him the mediction his personality changed. He has always be a playful boy, always wanting to do something. After about two weeks he would lay on the sofa whether there were cartoons on or not. He never wanted to go out and play. He didnt really play with the kids in daycare. He began going backwards with potty training by having more accidents. When someone would try to talk to him, he would just stand there and look at the floor and even after a person would stop talking to him he would still stand there in a daze. The final sign was when he started sleeping during the day in school. He has always been a good nighttime sleeper. I am wary about giving children medication, so I knew it was the Flovent. I immediately took him off the medication and called his physician. She promised me as she did when she perscribed it to him, that those side effects cannot be from the medication because the studies dont show that. I said I dont care what the studies show, I know there is something wrong and that medication is the only factor. He has now been on regular allergy medication (singular) for about 6 months and is doing great. Within a few days his personality came back. He returned to his normal playful self. Every person is different and everyone will repond differently to medications. This is just one medication that he cannot take unless it is absoutly needed. | F | 25 | 4 weeks 55mg 1X day | 4/5/2010 | 4 | Asthma | anger, aggression, crying, extreme emotional sensitivity | We went to a parent-teacher conference today (3-25-10.) Our 7-year-old son’s teachers usually describe him as “polite” and even “a joy to have in class.” Today they said that within the past month this has sometimes changed to “defiant” and “rude.” At home we’ve noticed he was more volatile (quick to extreme anger or tears.) The other day his sister seemed to get more ice cream than him – he immediately exploded into tears of rage and banged his elbow on the counter so violently that it is now bruised and swollen. I was shocked and horrified. Yesterday some neighborhood kids angered him so he came in to get a kitchen knife! Thankfully his mother saw this and intervened. At first I thought maybe it was the allergies, the trees here started pollinating a month or so ago. But just now I had a thought, maybe it was the Flovent that we put him on to treat the asthma triggered by the pollen. He’s been on Flovent before, but usually not for this long, and this was his first long stretch this school year. | M | 7 | 2 months 2X day | 3/25/2010 | 1 | emphysema | My breathing got much worse and I experienced anger and sadness. | F | 80 | 7 days 2X day | 3/24/2010 | 3 | Asthma | My son was prescribed this when he was only 6 months old to control his asthma. The longer he took it the worse his behavior got. He is now 2 and we are taking him off the Flovent today to make sure this is what is causing his outrageous behavior. He is aggressive to other kids at daycare, to his older sister and even his dad & I. He is whiney and screaming all the time. Extremely defiant and has a very, very hard time sleeping at night. The kids appears to never be tired!! We took him to a counselor to learn how to deal with his behavior and have even tried melatonin for his sleeping problems. I have been told several times by his daycare that his behavior is getting more and more out of control. I'm so glad I found this website!! Maybe the rest of the family can get their life back! | Despite the side effects the Flovent did control his asthma symptoms. | F | 34 | 1.5 years 110 2X day | 3/16/2010 | 1 | Eosinophilic Esohagitis | My son was placed on this medicine for his EE that was recently diagnosed. Within just a couple of days we saw mood and behavior changes. Some tantrums were quite severe making it extremely difficult to control him. His teacher remarked after his 2nd school day with the drug that she was having to speak to him more often. We are taking him off the Flovent and trying a strict elimination diet to address his food allergy and going to seek another alternative medicine, if needed. | M | 6 | 5 days 44- 2puffs 2X day | 3/8/2010 |