Flonase And Cataracts
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Has anyone that has used Flonase got cataracts? I have them because of it and nasonex. Are there any class actions against the makers of this? I would not have used it if I had known.

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Yes have been told by 3 eye doctors that i have cataracts caused by steroid use. the only steroid i have used is flonase which i used regularly for allergies. now i need surgery. no one ever even mentioned this side effect.

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

Yes I had perfect vision my whole life took only one medication. As recent of June 2022, my last eye appointment, perfect eyes.
Started using my Flonase consistently in the late summer- by Christmas I had full blown cataracts in both of my eyes. Just had surgery in March in both my eye doctor said it was the Flonase. I was 43.

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At 49, I was diagnosed with my first cataract. At 50, I'm severely limited due to my poor vision. I don't even drive anymore, and really struggle to work. The only steroid I've taken with regularity is flonase.

Doubt it could be the prednisone I had long, long ago for a severe allergic reaction. That was just a short week.

Post subcapsular cataract, grade 3. I have to have surgery on both eyes.

Otherwise, a healthy person. I eat healthy diet, do not take any prescriptions and the only other things I take are vitamin d, evening primrose oil, and otc pain killers like tylenol, bc powder.

I had to take out a loan, so I can get surgery.

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Re: E (# 44)

I have the exact same issue. I had to have surgery on both eyes in the last year. I'd love to join a class action

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Re: Gertie (# 18)

I used Flonase from 2011-2012 and developed cataracts in both eyes. I had to get cataract surgery in my left eye in 2013, then my right eye in 2014. In addition to the steroid causing me to have cataracts, it has disqualified me from joining the military. I too am looking to sue either the maker of fluticasone aka Flonase or Kaiser the hospital that prescribed me the medicine and did not inform me of this side effect.

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I started using Flonase daily over a year ago because of sinus related earaches. I chose it because it could be used daily without nasal damage. I had the beginning of a cataract in my right eye and after using Flonase I noticed my cataract getting aggressively worse. I am now scheduled for surgery.

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I ended up with cataracts in both eyes and I’m 46. I’d love to know too!

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Not only did I develope cataracts, but I also completely lost my sense of smell.

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I found out 6 mos ago that I have cataracts in both eyes. Ive use Flonase for over a year. I’m freaking out. I want to know if anyone is doing anything about it?

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Re: Cheryl (# 32)

I agree, my cataract was caused by flonase. Everytime I took flonase, my eye twitched (just my right eye), 4 months later, I had a cataract in my right eye.

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Re: Cataracts Gone Wild (# 35)

I had cataracts and was told that one was caused by diabetes or steroids, flonase is the only thing I have used

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Re: Elley (# 36)

I had cataracts and was told that one was caused by diabetes or steroids, flonase is the o my thing I have used

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I took Flonase daily this year, and noticed each time I sprayed it, I got a twitch in my right eye.
My eyesight rapidly got bad this summer/fall and today I met with a surgeon to get a 2-3+ sign cateract removed from my right eye.
I’m 48 years old.

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I also rapidly developed cataracts after taking Flonase. I had no idea why they had occurred until after the surgery. I have always had low vision in my 'good eye' and I was always legally blind in the other. After Flonase it was too hard to hide my vision impairment. I was fired from my decade long accounting job literally when I asked for time off for cataract surgery. (I managed the company's bank accounts)

LMK about a law suit. I am in. The drug company totally screwed me and my family financially. Now after surgery, I can barely read because I have a lens that does not focus.

Flonase. Don't use it.

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Yes i was told by my Doctor to use Flonase for allergies and in less than a year I had to have cataract surgery in both eyes.

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I've been using Flonase on and off for the past 7 months I was having blurred vision now I'm Told I have cataracs

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I guess we need to start a class action lawsuit. I am tired of waiting for one I had to have cataracts removed from both eyes. Eye doctor told me it was because of Flonase.

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There was a class action suit, several years back. I only just found out about the connection between the Flonase and Cataract on the morning following my second eye surgery. And I asked my doctor if this was an inherent issue because I wasn't a steroid user. He quickly told me it was my Flonase, that I had been taking for years. No one had ever told me that.

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I HAD TO GO UNDER SURGERY FOR BOTH EYES AND I WAS 49. IT WAS HORRIBLE BECAUSE THEY ONLY DO ONE EYE AT A TIME, SO 3 MONTHS OF HELL. PLUS I NEVER WAS TOLD FLONASE CAUSED CATARACTS--MY EYE DOCTOR ASKED ME DID YOU EVER USE FLONASE? I SAID YES, FOR YEARS. SHE TOLD ME MY CATARACTS WERE FORMED BECAUSE OF THAT!!!!

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Why in the world is there not a class action lawsuit???

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