flonase side effects - Allergies Message Board

hammerhead · 01-23-2005, 08:52 AM

i have been using flonase everyday for 1 and a half yrs, as instructed by mt ENT doc, he said there are no side effects and this medicine can be used for the rest of my life w/ no problems...guess what, i started having problems w/ my stomach, cramping, bloating, trouble swallowing, so i go to a gastro doc, he does upper gi and lower gi tests and finds that i have serious yeast/fungal infections in my throat, esaphogus, and stomach as a result of using flonase for an extended period of time.....i wish my ENT doc had not relied on being educated by a drug rep and had investigated the side effects of flonase before advising me to use it....my gi doc tells me that any corti-steroid medicine has fungal infection side effects w/ extended use....flonase was working great except for this....any suggestions on an alternate medicine?? thanks!

twanger · 01-23-2005, 05:38 PM

Wow. I got the same advice - that I could use Flonase as long as I needed. I started having nose bleeds, so I stopped. I was thinking about using it again but now I will think twice.

Marie55 · 01-23-2005, 07:18 PM

Sorry you are having problems due to the Flonase. Appreciate the info, because I have been using Beconase for many years. Will have to rethink the use of it now. Doctor told me I could use Beconase for ever with no problems. So much for what doctors really do not know about meds they prescribe.

bbybyrd · 01-23-2005, 08:00 PM

I feel for you. I use flonase but only when I really need it. If I'm having a day when I can handle the majority of the allergy/sinusitis symptoms then I won't take it. I'm glad that you've shared this information with us because my allergies have been very bad this month and I was thinking about using the flonase on a daily basis til I get ahold of what the problem is.

hoffta · 01-23-2005, 08:11 PM

I was told to use Flonaise two times a day and two squirts to each side of the nose. I had surgery in August and I just received the notes from the surgery and pathology report. A fungal ball was removed from the right side of the nose. Hmmmm could it be the Flonaise?