Thanks Bing! Sounds like a better option than prednisone. Glad you're feeling better. I looked at the Glucocorticoid listed Beclometasone dipropionate / or beclomethasone dipropionate and found this HPA Axis warning listed:
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis Suppression
Avoid higher than recommended dosages of the drug, since suppression of HPA function may occur.149 If higher than recommended dosages are used, carefully consider the relative risks of adrenal suppression and potential therapeutic benefits.149 Recommended dosages of orally inhaled drug provide less than normal physiologic amounts of glucocorticoid systemically and do not provide mineralocorticoid activity.149Orally inhaled drug will not compensate for insufficient endogenous cortisol production caused by previous systemic corticosteroid therapy.149
http://www.drugs.com/monograph/beclomethasone-dipropionate.html
I've used Flonase (fluticasone propionate) and other
intranasal spray steroids since about 2000 for wegeners. This HPA Axis stuff eventually became a major factor in my wegeners recovery and I now believe it to play a central role in remission maintenance. I'm particularly impressed that they included the statement "and do not provide mineralocorticoid activity." since this(GC) (MR) imbalance appears to be significant in disrupting my HPA Axis and triggering the auto immune disorder. I can get temporary relief from the steroid while at the same time it aggravates the wegeners.
A recent study was done comparing
Flonase, Qnasl and Nasonex. They found that the Qnasl stayed in the sinus cavity better than the other two.
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