How Do I Administer Fluticasone Propionate Nasal Spray?

Fluticasone propionate nasal spray, the indication is for the prevention and treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis (including hay fever) and perennial allergic rhinitis.

Drug Name: Fluticasone propionate nasal spray
Drug type: OTC class A, external medicine, medicine for medical injury

Special medicine: Doping
Use classification: ENT medicine

Fluticasone propionate nasal spray ingredients

The concentration of the drug solution is 0.05%, which is equivalent to 50 micrograms of fluticasone propionate per spray.
The excipients are: glucose, microcrystalline cellulose and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, phenylethanol, benzalkonium chloride, Tween 80, dilute hydrochloric acid, and pure water.

Properties of Fluticasone Propionate Nasal Spray

This product is a white suspension.

Fluticasone propionate nasal spray

This product is an over-the-counter medicine for ENT use.

Indications of Fluticasone Propionate Nasal Spray

This product is used to prevent and treat seasonal allergic rhinitis (including hay fever) and perennial allergic rhinitis.

Fluticasone propionate nasal spray specifications

Each spray contains 50 micrograms of fluticasone propionate, and the concentration of the drug solution is 0.05% (g / g).

Fluticasone propionate nasal spray

Nasal spray: spray the right nostril with the left hand and the left nostril with the right hand to avoid spraying directly to the nasal septum.
Adults and children over 12 years: 2 sprays on each nostril, once a day (200 micrograms per day), preferably in the morning. Some patients require 2 sprays per nostril, 2 times a day, 1 time each morning and evening until symptoms improve. When the symptoms are under control, the maintenance dose is 1 spray per nostril, once a day. The maximum daily dose is no more than 4 sprays per nostril.

Adverse reactions of fluticasone propionate nasal spray

Very common: epistaxis.
Common: Like other nasal inhalants, it has an unpleasant taste and odor after use, and headaches can cause dryness and irritation of the nose and throat.
Very rare: allergic / allergic reactions, bronchospasm, rash, edema of the face or tongue, perforated nasal septum, glaucoma, elevated intraocular pressure, and cataracts.

Fluticasone propionate nasal spray contraindications

still uncertain

Precautions for Fluticasone Propionate Nasal Spray

1. This product should be used before exposure to allergens to prevent the occurrence of allergic rhinitis symptoms.
2. The drug must be used regularly to obtain the maximum effect, and the best effect will be achieved after 3 to 4 days of continuous treatment.
3. If the symptoms have not improved for 7 consecutive days of use, or although the symptoms have not improved, but the symptoms cannot be completely controlled, you need to stop the medicine and go to the hospital for examination.
4. Continuous use of this product without a doctor's permission shall not exceed 3 months.
5. Children under 12 years of age should use this product under the guidance of a doctor. If long-term use is needed, their height should be monitored regularly.
6. Patients who are taking other glucocorticoid drugs should consult a physician or go to the hospital for examination before use.
7. Consult a doctor for people with diabetes.
8. Pregnant or lactating women should consult a physician or pharmacist when using it.
9. Patients with nostril infections or colds should use it under the guidance of a physician.
10. Those who are allergic to this product are prohibited, and those with allergies should use it with caution.
11. It is forbidden to use this product when its properties are changed.
12. Keep this product out of the reach of children.
13. Children must be used under adult supervision.
14. Although this product can control seasonal allergic rhinitis in most cases, allergen levels can abnormally increase in summer, and in some cases additional treatment needs to be given.
15. If you are using other medicines, please consult your doctor or pharmacist before using this product.
16. Use with caution by athletes.
17. Systemic effects of nasal glucocorticoids have been reported, especially when used in long-term high-dose, and these effects are much less likely to occur than oral glucocorticoids, and in different individuals and different sugar There are differences between corticosteroid preparations.

Fluticasone propionate nasal spray drug interactions

1. Avoid using this product with ritonavir.
2. If a drug interaction may occur with the simultaneous use of other drugs, please consult your physician or pharmacist for details.

Pharmacological effects of fluticasone propionate nasal spray

This product is a glucocorticoid drug with strong local anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects.

Fluticasone propionate nasal spray storage

Store tightly closed at room temperature.

Fluticasone propionate nasal spray package

Fluticasone propionate water-soluble nasal spray is packed in amber glass bottles. The glass bottles are connected to a quantitative spray pump, nasal adapter and dust cap. When used at the recommended dosage, each bottle can provide 60 or 120 sprays. One bottle per box.