Drug - Intranasal Corticosteroid Class
July 2016
Therapeutic area - Respiratory/Asthma/COPD
Intranasal corticosteroids
Preferred | Nonpreferred |
fluticasone
Omnaris |
Beconase AQ PA
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Recipient must try and fail 2 of the preferred agents after a documented trial of at least two weeks of continued, daily use of the agent.
Pregnant women
Failure is defined as:
Allergic rhinitis or non-allergic vasomotor rhinitis
Nasal Polyps
For any other diagnoses, (for example sinusitis, rhinosinusitis) the patient falls out of FDA approved prescribing guidelines. PA’s will not be granted.
Expected side effects of any agent in the class are not considered failure and may include: stinging, burning, dryness, sneezing, epistaxis, bad taste, and Candida overgrowth. Counseling on proper drug administration is strongly encouraged.
All of the preferred agents have been studied specifically for growth markers in children and have been found to not affect growth rate.
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