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Recent Flovent Side Effects

Posted by lucillefarh about 1 year ago
I have taken this medication for years (in long stretches). I was not aware of some of the serious side effects not just with this drug but with corticosteroids in general. There is a group of side effects that can cause mental and cognitive issues. I experienced fatigue, confusion, confusion, inability to focus, and serious memory issues. It was bad enough I would completely forget what I was doing or be unable to understand anything if there were other noises. After doing some research I found that these inhaled steroids can have just as many and as severe side effects as oral steroids. I dosed down off of Flovent over a months time and gradually all of the horrible cognitive issues went away. This may not be a very common side effect but they have to tell people it can happen. How many other people have gone years living in a fog not knowing it was a simple asthma inhaler causing their problems.

Posted by 05angel about 1 year ago
My three year old son has been on Flovent since he was two, he has been showing signs of restlessness, aggression, sleeplessness and other behavior problems, I did not think anything was wrong until I looked up the effects and saw they were listed as a reason to stop taking the medication. I have been doing my own trial and error research with him. He has been off Flovent for two weeks and I have not seen a difference in his behavior, luckily his asthma was ok, which leaves me to believe that it is the Singular pill that is the problem. I will post an update in two more weeks under the Singular side effects.

Posted by bilamanda about 1 year ago
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Flovent in the News

Flovent Edges Oral Prednisone for Eosinophilic Esophagitis - MedPage Today
29 -- Swallowed fluticasone spray (Flovent) may be a better choice for allergic eosinophilic esophagitis in children, researchers here said. ...
Fri Feb 29 17:30:59 +0000 2008

Flomerics Celebrates 20th Anniversary - Ten Links (press release)
Flomerics' second product, Flovent, was released in early 1990. This product simulates airflow in buildings and is used to optimize heating, ventilation and ...
Wed Jan 23 09:21:59 +0000 2008

Asthma inhalers are changing - Kentucky.com
The switchover also affects inhalers containing levalbuterol (Xopenex HFA), beclomethasone (QVAR), and fluticasone (Flovent HFA). ...
Tue Feb 12 03:03:34 +0000 2008

Flovent Chemical Information

fluticasone propionate - The propionate salt form of fluticasone, a synthetic trifluorinated glucocorticoid receptor agonist with antiallergic, antiinflammatory and antipruritic effects. Binding and activation of the glucocorticoid receptor results in the activation of lipocortin that in turn inhibits cytosolic phospholipase A2, which triggers cascade of reactions involved in synthesis of inflammatory mediators, such as prostaglandins and leukotrienes. Secondly, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatase 1 is induced, thereby leads to dephosphorylation and inactivation of Jun N-terminal kinase directly inhibiting c-Jun mediated transcription. Finally, transcriptional activity of nuclear factor (NF)-kappa-B is blocked, thereby inhibits the transcription of cyclooxygenase 2, which is essential for prostaglandin production.