Fluticasone
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Generic name:
Fluticasone
Pronounced: flue-TICK-uh-zone
Brand names: Flonase, Flovent, Flovent Diskus, Flovent
Rotadisk
Why is Fluticasone prescribed?
Flonase nasal spray is a remedy for the stuffy, runny, itchy
nose that plagues many allergy-sufferers. It can be used either for
seasonal attacks of hay fever or for year-round allergic
conditions. Flonase is a steroid medication. It works by relieving
inflammation within the nasal passages.
The Flovent, Flovent Rotadisk, and Flovent Diskus oral inhalers
are used to prevent flare-ups of asthma. (They will not, however,
relieve an acute attack.) They sometimes serve as a replacement for
the steroid tablets that many people take to control asthma.
Most important fact about Fluticasone
Fluticasone is not an instant cure. It may take a few days for
the medication to start working; and you need to keep taking it
regularly in order to maintain its benefits. While you are waiting
for fluticasone to take effect, neither increase the dose nor stop
taking the medication.
How should you take Fluticasone?
Flonase is taken in the nostrils. For best effect, take the
prescribed doses at regular intervals. First, blow your nose. Then
shake the spray bottle gently, prime the pump 6 times if it hasn't
been used during the past week, tilt your head back, press one
nostril closed, and insert the tip of the bottle a short way into
the other nostril. Spray once, pull the tip of the bottle away from
your nose, and inhale deeply through the treated nostril. Repeat
with the other nostril. Avoid spraying in eyes.
Flovent inhalation aerosol is taken orally. Shake the canister
before each use. Take a deep breath and exhale. Then, as you begin
to inhale, put your lips around the mouthpiece and depress the
canister. Rinse your mouth with water after each use of the
inhaler. Avoid spraying the contents in your eyes.
Flovent Rotadisk inhalation powder is also taken orally.
Assemble the Rotadisk Diskhaler according to package instructions.
To use, exhale, then place the Diskhaler mouthpiece between your
teeth (without biting down) and close your lips firmly around it.
(Be careful to avoid covering the small air holes on either side of
the mouthpiece.) Breathe in through your mouth as deeply as you
can, then hold your breath while you remove the Diskhaler. Continue
to hold your breath as long as you comfortably can, up to a maximum
of 10 seconds.
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