Flovent and Shortness Of Breath: What Users Say

• MEa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 26, 2018

For Asthma, Maintenance "Recovering from bronchitis, then pneumonia, and after 2 courses of antibiotics, 2 courses of oral prednisone, Dr. put me on a 4-week course of Flovent. Instructions were: 2 puffs, twice a day for 2 weeks; then 1 puff, twice a day for 2 weeks. After being on it for 3 weeks, I suddenly noticed that I'd lost my sense of smell completely. I've also lost my sense of taste. I've learned this is a common side effect and that it may take up to a year for the sense of smell to return, or it could become a permanent loss. I discontinued the Flovent immediately. I'm unable to find any info on a possible remedy. I'm now using a Neti Pot daily. After a week off Flovent with no improvement, I'm afraid that my sense of smell may never return. I never noticed improvement in my asthma symptoms while using the Flovent. In fact, wheezing and shortness of breath were worse while using it. I get better results using a nebulizer. I cannot recommend Flovent and will be reporting my experience to the FDA."

• MEa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 26, 2018

For Asthma, Maintenance "Recovering from bronchitis, then pneumonia, and after 2 courses of antibiotics, 2 courses of oral prednisone, Dr. put me on a 4-week course of Flovent. Instructions were: 2 puffs, twice a day for 2 weeks; then 1 puff, twice a day for 2 weeks. After being on it for 3 weeks, I suddenly noticed that I'd lost my sense of smell completely. I've also lost my sense of taste. I've learned this is a common side effect and that it may take up to a year for the sense of smell to return, or it could become a permanent loss. I discontinued the Flovent immediately. I'm unable to find any info on a possible remedy. I'm now using a Neti Pot daily. After a week off Flovent with no improvement, I'm afraid that my sense of smell may never return. I never noticed improvement in my asthma symptoms while using the Flovent. In fact, wheezing and shortness of breath were worse while using it. I get better results using a nebulizer. I cannot recommend Flovent and will be reporting my experience to the FDA."

• Dud...
• February 17, 2020

For Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia "Been using Flovent for a week and have had a terrible experience. Extremely short of breath in the morning. I'll discontinue this. It's not for me. Ventolin works much better."

• mom...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 17, 2021

For Asthma, Maintenance "Immediately after taking Flovent, I felt like an 800 lb person was sitting on my stomach. Was very hard to breathe for about 4 hours at least. Only took the first one & only dose. Never again."