Fluticasone Furoate

Fluticasone furoate is a medication that is used for treating common nasal allergy symptoms, such as itching, sneezing, and runny or stuffy nose. It has also been shown in studies to improve eye allergy symptoms. Fluticasone furoate is available by prescription and comes as a nasal spray that is generally used once daily. Possible side effects of the drug include throat pain, nosebleeds, and headache.

 

What Is Fluticasone Furoate?

Fluticasone furoate (Veramyst™) is a prescription medication approved to treat sneezing, runny or stuffy nose, and nasal itching due to allergies (known medically as allergic rhinitis) in adults and children as young as two years old. Fluticasone furoate can be used to treat both seasonal allergies and allergies that occur all year long (known as perennial allergies).
 
(Click What Is Fluticasone Furoate Used For? for more information on specific fluticasone furoate uses, including possible off-label uses.)
 

Who Makes Fluticasone Furoate?

Fluticasone furoate is made by GlaxoSmithKline.
 

How Does Fluticasone Furoate Work?

Allergies occur when the body's immune system reacts to a normally harmless substance -- one that does not bother most people. These immune system reactions are known as inflammation, and they involve several different types of cells and several different chemicals in the body.
 
Fluticasone furoate is a corticosteroid, or simply "steroid" for short. Steroids can have many different effects in the body, including anti-inflammatory effects. Steroids decrease inflammation by limiting the body's ability to produce an immune system reaction. They can be very effective for treating conditions such as allergies. However, long-term use of steroids can cause bothersome and sometimes serious side effects, and this limits the usefulness of many steroids. Because fluticasone furoate is a nasal spray, its effects are generally limited to the nose. This helps prevent many of the long-term side effects of steroids.
 
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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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