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What Are The Side Effects Of Nasonex?
Hi I have recently been advised by a GP to use nasonex as an ongoing preventative for allergy/hayfever symptoms, instead of using products such as telfast when the symptoms are evident. I am a 52 year old adult male. My 14 year old daughter has also been given the same advice. I have read quite a few disturbing online reviews of people claiming to have used nasonex, even for very short periods like a single use, and they have encountered symptoms such as headaches, loss of taste, vision problems etc, ever since that have been very difficult to recover from. I know that the internet contains a lot of useless and incorrect information; however it s difficult to ignore some of these comments that are written, for fear they are true. Are these reviews more likely to be untrue or is there a real possibility of these type of symptoms occurring from using steroid products such as nasonex.
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Mon, 13 Oct 2014
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It is true nasonex contains steroids which if not taken without perscription of doctor ,can cause harm. First you should know the side effects for example headache,stuffynose ,sore throat,cough,muscle and joint pain,white patches around the nose.More severe side effects can be nose bleed,wheezing,trouble breathing,vision problems or fever,or bodyache.
It is not important that everybody gets side effects everytime ,taking the medicine.if you have been taking the dose according to doctor's choice and it is not bothering much you can continue it.
Regards,Dr.Maheshwari
It is true nasonex contains steroids which if not taken without perscription of doctor ,can cause harm. First you should know the side effects for example headache,stuffynose ,sore throat,cough,muscle and joint pain,white patches around the nose.More severe side effects can be nose bleed,wheezing,trouble breathing,vision problems or fever,or bodyache.
It is not important that everybody gets side effects everytime ,taking the medicine.if you have been taking the dose according to doctor's choice and it is not bothering much you can continue it.
Regards,Dr.Maheshwari
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