Fluticasone nasal for Rhinitis User Reviews (Page 4)

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 22, 2017

"This product caused facial skin to peel and a red condition around the nostrils and eyebrows. My dermatologist originally diagnosed this skin problem as a fungal condition. He was not aware I am taking fluticasone propionate. Read the side effects."

• Kat...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• February 25, 2021

"Well... Flonase is certainly very effective, but you risk getting cataracts or glaucoma if you use it regularly for years. I had been congested my whole life until I started using Flonase. Nothing else had ever worked. Using Flonase, I finally didn’t feel worn out and tired from struggling to breathe all the time. It was really great. Unfortunately, after five years, I have developed cataracts. Research this - you’ll find that nasal steroid sprays are associated with cataracts and glaucoma. So I’m back to square one: nothing works very well, and now I have cataracts to boot."

• 449...
• September 19, 2016

"I was out on fluticasone for a severe cold with an ear infection and thick head congestion that was quite persistent. The doctor felt giving it a go might get the nasal passages open a bit to help with sinus pressure and fluid behind my eardrum. After 10 days on it, my symptoms worsened: severe sore throat, white patches on my throat, bleeding nose, and tracheal spasms that put me into coughing fits so bad, I'd throw up and feel as though I would pass out from lack of air. I chose to stop it 3 days ago. After 2 days, my throat pain improved, and I felt more myself. Day 3, the tracheal spasms, so far, seem to have ended. While the medicine helped with congestion overall, the side effects were too much for me, and I couldn't continue."

• Ann...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 8, 2018

"I have been taking this medication on and off for many years. I had a weird aversion to taking it. I got side effects on a single dose, and when I noticed, I had almost all of the side effect symptoms: shortness of breath, bruising, bad mood, lethargy, swollen eyes, and hive-like bumps, like eczema. This is what made me realize that in smaller doses is what gave me these side effects in such a small amount that I wrote them off as just something wrong with me. I never read the side effect sheet or contraindications my whole life."

• JFC...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 3, 2024

Fluticasone nasal "I suffer from serious seasonal allergies and have regular headaches, congestion, itchy eyes, you name it. OTC drugs provide temporary relief until I tried Flonase. I am not exaggerating saying this is a miracle drug. After the first couple of days, it had cleared out my sinuses so well, I did not realize how bad they were. I did two sprays per nostril for two weeks and now use it when I feel congestion, sneezing, headache, or itchy eyes are coming on. This is the first season I have had an allergy-free season. I just discovered I am covered with a prescription so now I don't have to pay for it."

• Tyl...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 28, 2015

Fluticasone nasal "I would rate this a 0 if it were an option. Biggest waste of money. It says 60 doses, but yet you have to spray it twice before every use to have a steady mist. That being said, you only get about 30 doses if you're lucky. I have always used Afrin and I will continue to use it."

• ste...
• February 22, 2018

"I've been suffering from seasonal allergies for about 42 years now, and this is the only product that really works for me. Up until a few years ago, I thought antihistamine tablets, taken early in the morning, were the only way to go, but after trying this, it is clear that this is far a superior drug."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 1, 2021

"My doctor would prescribe Fluticasone every fall for about 3 years. Never had any side effects, BUT then something happened that my doctor knew about yet didn't tell me! On July 4, 2018, I ended up in the ER, fighting to keep my eyesight! Fluticasone can... and does... cause glaucoma in both eyes! If my doctor had told me this at any time during the 3 years she kept prescribing it, I would NOT have taken it!! I love my eyesight more than a stuffy nose. The ER ophthalmologist who treated me was disgusted with the callousness of my doctor. It took 6 hours to get ocular levels down to normal! Before you take any nasal steroids, get an eye exam to rule out any signs of glaucoma. I've since had 2 laser eye surgeries (each eye) for the glaucoma, and cataract surgery in both eyes. I can safely take Flonase again but choose not to because I have dry eye, which started after cataract surgery. Flonase does the same as Benadryl... dries me up. Nothing good about this med!"

• Me ...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 22, 2022

"Saw a continually stuffed nose, fluticasone nasal was prescribed. It worked great for 6 months, but during that time, starting maybe the third month, I developed daily headaches, some severe. Stopped using it to see if it is the spray causing them. Fingers crossed... I think! I was having two sprays in each nostril once daily."

• All...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 30, 2025

Fluticasone nasal "I love Flonase. It works really well for controlling my seasonal allergies. You have to use it for a few days before you get the full effect, but then, for me, it pretty much stops my sneezing and runny nose. Once in a while, I'll sneeze, but maybe once a day, and my nose doesn't run. Sometimes my eyes will start itching really bad, and I know you shouldn't do this, but I pat a little bit of Flonase into the corners of my eyes, and that stops the itching. I don't have any side effects using Flonase. I also love their new recyclable paper packaging. Wish more companies would follow their lead!"

• jac...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 5, 2024

Fluticasone nasal "I had been taking a spray that worked very well against the regular spring allergens as well as the smoke pollution from Central America, but it reacted after a short time with what I call the Afrin effect where wears off and leaves you worse than before. My wife (smarter than I) got some Claritin and Flonase and told me to use one of each in the morning and nothing else. It worked and I've been fine ever since."

• sir...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 2, 2023

"Completely blown away by the immediate effect this medication has had on my chronic non-allergic rhinitis... Mometasone didn't work for me. Wish I tried this one years ago. Haven't had a dry nose in over 8 years."

• Nam...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 23, 2022

"Was prescribed this a few years ago. I suffer from severe panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. I was told that I had a sinus infection. Started taking this. I would take it for a few weeks out of the year, and if I had symptoms, I'd take it again, so I never took it constantly. A year ago, I told my doctor I was experiencing shortness of breath, just randomly. She asked me if I was taking my Flonase. So I started taking it again. She never told me to stop taking it, so I've been taking it for about a year straight. I stopped taking it recently because I read that it lowers immunity, and with COVID going around, I don't need that. Fast forward 3 days and wow, I'm experiencing fatigue... brain fog. Headache. I hope it goes away because it's REALLY annoying."

• Sin...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 25, 2021

"I started off with mild allergies that hurt my eyes. In 2015, I then started developing more moderate seasonal allergies that would clog my nose, but salt spray would help. Then in 2018, I developed really bad sinuses where I can't breathe out my nose, and it lasts all year. My nostrils get so dry that it makes me unintentionally sleep with my mouth open at night, which has led me to becoming a 'mouth breather.'"

• jjo...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• June 26, 2023

"I have been using Flonase for over 10 years. The ENT doctor that originally prescribed it said it was safe for long-term everyday use. Now at 64, I have glaucoma out of the blue. I'm sure it is related to this drug. No doctor ever warned me about the side effects, and since it became over-the-counter, I so wrongly assumed it was safe."

• Rob...
• September 3, 2016

"Flonase is the biggest waste of money I have seen in a while. Doesn't work, period. Nose just as plugged and maybe more so after squirting Flonase as before. High-priced sewer water in a fancy squirt bottle. Afrin works like gangbusters. Just one squirt up each nostril and it works like dynamite, exploding congestion and opening nasal passages. Six might be greater than one, but Afrin works, and Flonase is a waste of time and money."

• Suz...
• May 15, 2013

Fluticasone nasal "I have been on Flonase off and on, but mostly on, for almost 20 years. It works wonders for my allergies, no side effects, and best of all, no pills."

• els...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 13, 2023

Fluticasone nasal "Worked for a couple of days. Started having anxiety and vision and sleeping issues. Will not use it again. Hopefully, side effects will clear in time."

• Lan...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 11, 2024

Fluticasone nasal "Flonase and its generics are horrible for those people struggling with anxiety disorders. It makes severe anxiety a side effect. Be careful."

• jhu...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 29, 2012

Fluticasone nasal "It works great, but blurred my vision."

• Zum...
• January 18, 2014

Fluticasone nasal "Heart arrhythmia - insomnia. I have taken this medicine intermittently over the past two years and realize a direct correlation with heart arrhythmia and insomnia."

• Pat...
• June 21, 2018

Fluticasone nasal "Literally from using 200 tissues a day to 0 tissues a day within 24 hours. Best allergy med I’d ever used."

• Abe...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 15, 2013

Fluticasone nasal "Love this product. Produces such astonishing relief and am very grateful to have been prescribed Flonase by my ENT."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 17, 2015

Fluticasone nasal "After enduring years of itchy, runny nose and numerous daily sneezing episodes, I got relief from Flonase. Very pleased with the product."

• Anonymous
• December 15, 2008

Fluticasone nasal "Had a terrible head cold; Veramyst worked very well keeping sinuses dry and open. Also, this is the first nasal spray that did NOT irritate my nose/sinuses. I'm happy after using for five days."