Fluticasone Nasal Spray

Nonprescription fluticasone is used to relieve symptoms of non-allergic rhinitis such as sneezing and runny or stuffy nose which are not caused by allergies. Prescription fluticasone nasal spray is used to treat nasal polyps (swelling of the lining of the nose). Fluticasone nasal spray should not be used to treat symptoms (e.g., sneezing, stuffy, runny, itchy nose) caused by the common cold. Fluticasone is in a class of medications called corticosteroids. It works by blocking the release of certain natural substances that cause allergy symptoms.

How does Fluticasone work?

Fluticasone comes as a (prescription and nonprescription) liquid to spray in the nose. When fluticasone nasal spray is used to relieve hay fever, and other allergy symptoms, or non-allergic rhinitis, it is usually sprayed in each nostril once daily. Alternatively, fluticasone nasal spray is sometimes sprayed in each nostril twice daily (in the morning and evening) at a lower dose as recommended by your doctor.

When fluticasone nasal spray is used to treat nasal polyps, it is usually sprayed once or twice in each nostril twice daily. If you are an adult, you will begin your treatment with a higher dose of fluticasone nasal spray and then decrease your dose when your symptoms improve.

If you are giving fluticasone nasal spray to a child, you will begin treatment with a lower dose of the medication and increase the dose if the childs symptoms do not improve. Decrease the dose when the childs symptoms improve. Follow the directions on your prescription or product label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand.

Use fluticasone exactly as directed. Do not use more or less of it or use it more often than directed on the package label or prescribed by your doctor.