Eosinophilic esophagitis is essentially inflammation of the esophagus. In this case Flovent is not inhaled but swallowed. Flovent HFA is released into the mouth without being inhaled and is then swallowed in order to coat the esophagus. The idea is that the anti-inflammatory action of the corticosteroid will reduce the inflammation inside the esophagus. The study was carried out on forty-two participants all between the ages of three and sixty-five. Twenty-eight participants were given 1760 µg of Flovent per day and fourteen were given 1760 µg of placebo per day. By the end of the study five participants on Flovent had dropped out and one participant on placebo had also dropped out. Of the twenty-three remaining participants that were using Flovent 65.2% attained remission while none of the participants taking the placebo attained remission. That means Flovent is a successful treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis (Rothenberg,
Eosinophilic esophagitis is essentially inflammation of the esophagus. In this case Flovent is not inhaled but swallowed. Flovent HFA is released into the mouth without being inhaled and is then swallowed in order to coat the esophagus. The idea is that the anti-inflammatory action of the corticosteroid will reduce the inflammation inside the esophagus. The study was carried out on forty-two participants all between the ages of three and sixty-five. Twenty-eight participants were given 1760 µg of Flovent per day and fourteen were given 1760 µg of placebo per day. By the end of the study five participants on Flovent had dropped out and one participant on placebo had also dropped out. Of the twenty-three remaining participants that were using Flovent 65.2% attained remission while none of the participants taking the placebo attained remission. That means Flovent is a successful treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis (Rothenberg,