User:Mr. Ibrahem/Flunisolide

Flunisolide, sold under the brand name Aerospan among others, is a steroid used for allergic rhinitis, asthma, and serous otitis media. Intranasal steroids are the most effective medication for controlling of allergic rhinitis. For asthma it is inhaled.

When used in the nose common side effects include stinging, nose bleed, watery eyes, and upper respiratory tract infection. When inhaled common symptoms include throat inflammation, runny nose, headache, and cough. Other side effects may include loss of smell and adrenal suppression. It has strong glucocorticoid and weak mineralocorticoid effects and works by decreasing inflammation.

Flunisolide was patented in 1958 and approved for medical use in 1978. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines as an alternative to budesonide. In the United States 25 ml of solution to spray in the nose costs about 26 USD, while 60 doses for inhaling costs about 102 USD as of 2021.