FLOVENT Reviews (FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (338 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLOVENT with similar:
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| 4 | Asthma | Self: 24 year old adult. 110 twice a day. The only side effect that I noticed was the poor taste, so I just always take it before I brush my teeth in the morning and at night. Beside that I had wonderful relief! Son: 5 year old child. 44 twice a day, increased to 110 two/four times a day with a cold/flu or major allergy attack. My son has always been vary "active". "Active" is the nice parent way of say my kid is crazy sometimes! Now when taking his normal does of 44 a day I don't notice any side effects, and it works well. Now when he gets really bad I will up his dose to 110 four times a day, twice in the morning and at night. It works to get his symptoms under control. Now again my son is active so pin pointing a behavioral change is not as easy with him. But this last month or so he had a bad allergy thing going on and for 1 week on then 1 week off three times in a row we had him on the higher dose. This time we noticed something. Sometimes we wou | For me it works wonderful! I am a life long asthma sufferer and it wonderful to have relief! For my son it works great as well, I see a major improvement in his symptoms. But I am taking him the doctor tomorrow to see if there is anything we can do about the side effects. I don't want him to suffer, but poor guy, if it is the medication, I don't want him to live on time out! | M | 5 | 1.5 years 44 and 110 2X day | 3/3/2010 | 1 | Asthma | my almsot 4 year old son has been taking flovent for 1.5 years and we are just now attributing his emotional outbusrts, hyper activity etc. to the drug...When I questioned his behaviour change his doctor would dismiss it, saying that it was his age and adjusting to a new baby sister. Recently his outbursts have become more frequent and volient, he is not sleeping at night and is having tamturms in the middle of the night because we ask him to go back to bed. Through finding this site and discussing the problem with other parents we have taken him off the flovent. The behaviour/drug has placed extreme stress on our family, and on a little boy who already deals with severe food allergies. It has been 4 days without flovent and we are slowly getting improvement, I am hopeful to get my loving, happy little boy back. | M | 32 | 1.5 years 50mcg 2X day | 3/1/2010 | 1 | Asthma | My five year old experienced a complete behavioral change. He exhibited trouble sleeping, getting along with other children, anger, aggression, agitation, inability to remember things, confusion, and hyperactivity. We had notes home from his teacher indicting an inability to integrate into the classroom. I also noticed that he was losing weight. The behavioral changes were a severe change from his pre-Flovent behavior. After taking him off Flovent for a day and half, I am beginning to see my loving son again. | Be very cautious about using this Flovent inhaler. It adversely affects the adrenals which are crucial to handling the body's stresses. | M | 5 | 45 days 110 2X day | 2/17/2010 | 3 | asthma | my four year old immediately had behavioral changes, unable to control emotions, unable to sit still, running in place yelling "i'm so mad" and tantrums that we have never seen before, similar to when he took singular. it seems to help w/ his caough, but not with his behavior | dr says it's not being caused by this medicine. at my wits end. I want my little boy back. | F | 29 | 30 days 44mg 2X day | 2/15/2010 | 1 | Yes | immediate headache, irritability, insomnia, light fever, dreams | We started my 5 year old daughter on flowvent last night. Five to ten minutes after her first dose (2 puffs) she reported having a headache in the front/forehead portion of her head. As far as I know, she's never had a headache. She then started to get a low-grade fever of about 99.8. She became very irritable and could not sleep during the night. Her behaviour was very strange. She couldn't stay still, kept moving her lips and face. My wife stayed up with her for the night and she (my daughter) eventually did sleep, but was talking in her sleep a lot. In the morning my daughter was fine, symptoms gone. No more Flowvent for us. | F | 5 | 1 days 44 MCG 4X day | 2/14/2010 | 1 | have patients who take it | nocturia, behaviour change | I saw comments from other users. Behaviour change in children and nocturia are recognised systemic side effects of all steroids. The problem here is that Flovent, as an inhaled steroid, should not be exhibiting these side effects as it is supposed to be rapidly metabolised after it enters the circulation from the lungs. It is a very fat soluble drug hence the body's problem getting rid of it and these side effects. | M | 57 | 1 days 200mcg 2X day | 2/10/2010 | 3 | My son was taking it for asthma | My 3 year old son was having cough issues. He had just started going to daycare and was getting a cough every two weeks, and it would last for almost 2 weeks. Yep, he was constantly coughing. The doctor described the Flovent inhaler and we did see improvements in his cough. However, his personality completely changed. He was irritable, to the point where it seemed like he could not control his emotions. He was constantly wired, would lose his temper at the drop of a hat, and just wasn't the happy boy he was prior to the medicine. | Although we did have improvements with his coughing, his behavior seemed to change. He became very anxious, a bit compulsive (always picking his nails) and was losing his temper about very small things. He would wake up early and be wired immediately. His personality changed, where he couldn't sit still and just seemed over the top. It became even worse, where we couldn't handle his personality any more. We took him to the doctor, switched to the diskus Flovent (an inhaled powder) last week, and I'm happy to report our boy is back. He's much more mellow, no longer picks his nails, and he's sleeping better as well. He no longer loses control of his emotions, and if he does get upset (he's only 4...it happens), is able to get under control immediately. The doctor theorizes there may be something in the additives used in the Flovent inhaler that doesn't exist in the diskus. The diskus requires a little more coordination to take, but it's well worth it with my boy now so much better than he was. Flovent has helped his cough, but I truly believe the inhaler was having a big impact on his personality. If possible, try the diskus Flovent to see if it helps your child. I hope you see the same improvements we have, as the past week has been so much more enjoyable. Good luck. | M | 38 | 1 years | 2/1/2010 | 4 | My son has ashmatic cough | Constant feeling that he needs to urinate | Previously our son was on Flonase (same ingredient as Flovent) and had the same side effect. Dr. looked at me as if I had 2 heads when I reported that to him. The feeling stopped as soon as we stopped Flonase and came back after about 5 days on FLovent 100mg, once a day. We decreased to 50 mg and the problem went away for about 10 days, but last night complained again. His cough is VERY WELL controlled at such a low dose and I am trying now 50mg every other day, so we'll see. I was releived to read other kids had the "need to urinate all the time" side effect, I may not be that crazy after all! If Flovent controls your child's asthma well, try a lower dose, and a lot of side effects could disappear, talk to your doctor about it. I can't believe so many young children (under 4) are prescribed Flovent. It's safety has not been established for that age group. | M | 6 | 15 days | 1/24/2010 | 1 | virus/allergy induced asthma | poor and interrupted sleep, irritability, loss of appetite, aggression, temper tantrums, hyperactivity, | My son was prescribed flovent by our pediatrician last year when he was 2 ( I didn't realize that it was not supposed to be given to children under 4!) I was concerned as it is a steroid and so I did not use it at all. This last fall he turned 3 and we had another emergency dr appt due to excessive wheezing. The ped asked if I was still on the Flovent twice/day and I said no- He encouraged me to give it twice/day. We started 3 months ago and immediately noticed signs although we did not think that it was Flovent we just thought that he had turned 3. He lost his naps which used to be 2-3 hours, he started waking up at 5 in the morning and having fits and biting, throwing toys and he turned into a child that we did not even recognize. This turned out house upside down! My husband suggested that it might be Flovent and so I looked online and found this site! We stopped 4 days ago and he had his first nap again yesterday and is starting to be the smiling angel that we knew before!- we will never give him this again- I am mad as I have been angry at our son at times for not going to bed- no wonder!! poor little guy!! | M | 3 | 3 months | 1/24/2010 | 5 | Sarcoidosis & Asthma | A miracle drug. I have been on Azmacort for over 10 years, and was getting worse & worse with increased shortness of breath. Azmacort has been discontinued and it turned out to be the best thing that has ever happened to me. My pulmonary doctor substitued Flovent, and after being on it for only a few weeks, my breathing is better than it was 20 years ago, and I have absolutley NO SIDE EFFECTS. I can sleep, no heart palpitations like with Azmacort. I feel like shouting from the roof tops, just how wonderful this drug is. A true miracle!! | Please make your own decision about this drug. I have been on inhaled steroids for over 15 years, and this is the best one yet. I would do anything NOT to have to take oral steroids, and thank goodness Azmacort was discontinued so that I could discover this truly miracle drug. Everyone will have different reactions to drugs, and maybe this is NOT for children from reading some of the "horror stories", but for those of us that suffer from really awful lung disease (Sarcoidosis & pulmonary fibrosis), this drug is a GOD SEND! | F | 58 | 2 months | 12/27/2009 | 5 | Asthma | None | I am a 21 year old just diagnosed with asthma by a pulmonary specialist, she had me on advair at first but I couldn't deal with the heart-related side effects I had everyday while on that medication. My doctor thought the only reason for these side effects was because it was a steroid so we tried once a day spiriva for my asthma, however without a steroid I was forced to use my rescue inhaler multiple times daily and never quite found relief, always felt like my chest was tight. My doctor told me after the fires in my area I needed to be back on a steroid inhaler because spiriva wasn't enough because I always had to be on prednisone tapers. So she prescribed flovent (1 puff 2x daily) and I've had NO side effects at all. I can finally breathe again everyday and RARELY use my rescue inhaler it is amazing!! | F | 21 | 2 months | 12/20/2009 | 2 | cold related asthma (110 dosage) | Facial tics, urinary incontinence, depression | Child took this medication for a month. In the first week, he wet his bed at night twice and then had further issues with urinary incontinence. After a month, we noticed sadness in him, verbally stating he was sad but couldn't explain why and laying on the couch in the morning stating he didn't know what to do. In the same week, he developed a facial tic on the right side of his face. We took him off of the medicine. It took two weeks for the facial tic to subside, but his mood improved within the first week. This child has also experienced aggression issues with Pulmicort. Flovent did not cause the aggression issues, but did result in other unwanted side effects. | F | 35 | 4 weeks | 12/20/2009 | 2 | My Daughter is talking flovent | My Daughter is 5 and she's been on Flovent for 4 weeks and i've noticed her behavoir has changed a lot. very bossy and just not the Happy 5 year old that she was.. As of reading this site today i'm talking her off this also i've noticed her becomeing more worried about little things that she never worryed before about but most of all the glazed look in her eyes that i get.. i can't believe i've been missing it all this time and its right here.. | I would not give this to a child unless he or she really needs it .. i'm hoping I see a change in my daughter for the better soon, emoitonal wise .. | F | 5 | 4 weeks | 11/21/2009 | 2 | Cold-induced Asthma | My daughter was prescribed this last year when she was 3, and for the entire cold season, she never wheezed or had problems respiratory-wise. However, for that entire year, she did not sleep through the night once, and she seemed very hyper at all times of the day. | We decided to take her off of Flovent in the spring. Similar to other comments, our allergist said that it "should not have those side effects", and prescribed us Singulair, but within a couple of weeks, my husband came across a report on how dangerous that drug can be (depression, suicidal thoughts, etc.) We stopped that immediately and started her with Chiropractic care, and things looked up (she slept through the night again, less hyper.) But this last month, with all the fearful messages of H1N1, and with her first wheezing problem that had her school calling me, I got scared into thinking that Flovent is a necessary evil for my now 4 year old. Within days restless nights began again and we're seeing hyperactivity in the evenings again as well (my caregiver has also noted her hyperness.) And in the last few days, we've also noticed red-puffiness appear around her eye within minutes after taking the medication, and disappearing minutes later (we only made the connection tonight when it happened for the third time in a row.) So now tonight was her last night taking that stuff, but I am absolutely confused as to what to do. I understand the importance of the "controller", but it's obvious that Flovent is not right for my child. There seems to be little alternatives, and the health professionals aren't helping us to find any. I do welcome any other medication suggestions from other parents/users that I can bring forward to suggest to my doctors to prescrib | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 11/21/2009 | 1 | asthma | Tantrums, out of control behaviour, screaming, complete loss of impulse control. | I only wish this site had been available in the mid nineties. Several weeks after beginning flovent my already difficult sone was completely off the wall - tantrums, screaming, hurting etc. - I can remember just crying but at first did not connect it (stupidly0 with Flovent because I had been so assured it was "without side effects" When I finally figured it out I talked to his allergist. He listened and then said condescendingly "If I lstened to every anecdotal story that came in the door...etc etc AND "the research does not support what you're saying" So i tried again - scared I was putting my son - and later hiis two brothers in danger because he refused to prescribe albuterol (which never bothered them at all) without Flovent. This drug is awful for many people - I've talked to so many moms since those days (anecdotally!!) that tell me the same thing - avoid it. | F | 55 | | 11/17/2009 | 1 | asthma | I didn't realize it at first, but slowly as my Flovent dosage was increased - I later found to an unhealthy level - I became depressed, anxious, I couldn't sleep, I cried a lot. It developed into full blown panic disorder and agoraphobia. The doctor's all told me it had nothing to do with the medication. I knew it did. For the past year I've been weaning myself off of Flovent. I went back to an old stand-by - Intal Inhaler. No longer available in the US, but my new doctor wrote me a prescription for it and I'm getting it through Panther Meds. I also noticed that Flovent was available through them much cheaper than in the US - I have no insurance. I ordered both. The intal is fabulous and the only side effects were a bit of tightness and coughing for 2 weeks while I got used to it. DO THIS! Before they made it in non-CFC form, you could even take this when you were pregnant. It's safe. As for the Flovent - strnagely enough, I found out that in the rest of the world it is no | DO NOT TAKE IT! IF YOU"RE ON IT, TRY INTAL. FYI - SINGULAR IS OR IS SOON TO BE (so I've heard) BLACK BOXED BY THE FDA LIKE ANTIDEPRESSANTS - NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN AND THE SENSITIVE. | F | 44 | 6 years | 11/6/2009 | 1 | Asthma | My daughter is the most easy-going happy child. Days after starting Flovent we noticed an extreme change in her moods. She cried over everything, was tired all of the time and seemed depressed. | When we spoke to the allergist about this and like so many others were told it should not have these types of effects. Well, guess what..it does. Tomorrow is the 1st day my daughter will be off of Flovent and hopefully she can regain some sense of feeling normal again. | F | 6 | 8 days | 11/4/2009 | 1 | asthma | perscribed for daugther of 10 yrs. old. Extreme tiredness in morning, hyperactivity at night, trouble sleeping, confusion, uanble to read, nightmares, sadness, aggressiveness, sensitivity on her face and fingers, onset of OCD. | Whe she first started the drug we saw some repetitive language. Then this led to extreme tiredness in the morning and hyperactivity at night. After 3 months of being on drug we notice an onset of very odd OCD behaviors (which she had NEVER had before), repetitive language, confusion, unable to read or draw well(which are her loves), couple of episodes of severe dizziness, scared, many unusual fears, nightmares, 1 time hallusination, trouble sleeping, sadness, aggressive behavior in the evening, sensitivity on her face and fingers. ALL OF WHICH SHE HAD NEVER HAD BEFORE TAKING FLOVENT. Dr. does not think it is drug. We have taken her off! Seven days off and many of the side effects are gone or diminished. BEWARE OF DRUG | F | 10 | 3 months | 10/22/2009 | 1 | bronchitis | Depression, crying spells, mood swings, aggression, agitation, sleep interrupted, night terrors, unable to wear metal jewlery without scratching...had none of these symptoms prior | F | 40 | 14 days | 9/27/2009 | 1 | asthma with cold | acute ocd; tics; hallucinations/psychosis; mania | Our daughter was on this for about four months. We noticed she seemed depressed, but didn't connect it to the drug. Then after three months off the medication (during which she was an angel and as happy as can be), we resumed her daily dose of Flovent and she instantly nose-dived. Acute onset of ocd, tics, hallucinations, mania--none of which she had previously experienced. We were terrified, until we found this site. She's now been off the medication for thirteen days. The hallucinations quickly subsided. The ocd, tics, and mania are still there, but diminished. We are hoping our daughter makes a full recovery very soon (we have read that mania can often last up to three weeks after medication is stopped), and we're extremely disappointed that our peditrician assured us repeatedly that there was no systemic absorbtion of Flovent. | F | 4.5 | 4 months | 9/24/2009 |