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Fluticasone is a steroid which is used to treat asthma, COPD, and allergic rhinitis. For asthma and COPD it is used for long term management. It is used by breathing it into the lungs or as a nasal spray.

Common side effects of the inhaled form include upper respiratory tract infections, throat irritation, candidiasis, cough, and headache. Commons side effects of the nasal spray include a brief period of burning, nosebleeds, nausea, and sore throat. It comes in two main forms fluticasone propionate and fluticasone furoate.

Fluticasone propionate was patented in 1980, and approved for medical use in 1990. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines as an alternative to budesonide. In the United Kingdom 60 doses of 250 micrograms for breathing in costs the NHS about £25. In 2018, it was the sixteenth most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 34 million prescriptions. It is also available in combination as fluticasone/formoterol and fluticasone/salmeterol, among others.