Are Serevent, Flovent and Flonase safe for a young child?
- Thursday, July 16, 2009, 10:23
- Asthma
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Andrew:
We have an e-mail question from a parent, Danny, who writes, “I have a 5-year-old who currently is using albuterol nebulizer three times a day, Flovent and also Flonase. The allergist is going to stop the albuterol nebulizer and give her Serevent along with Flonase and Flovent. Is this safe for use in a 5-year-old child?”
Dr. Shapiro:
I think it’s a progressive use of good medication and it does sound appropriate. If your child is already on good anti-inflammatory medication like Flovent, and still is using albuterol several times a day, it would be easier for you and the child, and maybe more protective for the bronchial tubes, to have a longer-acting bronchodilator, which is what Serevent is. Serevent is like a 12-hour albuterol. So there’s a good chance that the medication dosing could be changed from several times a day to the Serevent and Flovent just twice a day, and actually give better control. That might make life easier for everybody, and definitely be a move in the right direction.
Andrew:
Where does Flonase come in? We haven’t heard the name of that drug before. What does that do and where does that fit in with these other two asthma drugs?
Dr. Shapiro:
Flonase is a nasal steroid, and many people who have asthma are also allergic, as we’ve been discussing, and they need help for that. And nasal steroids are excellent for nasal congestion due to allergies. We also know that if the nose if out of whack, so to speak, because of allergy, it can add to the bronchial hyper-responsiveness and the bronchial irritability. So Flonase can be used to help the nose, but it also happens to help the lungs.
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