Get Informed: Budesonide
Active Ingredient(s)
Budesonide
What does it do?
This product is used in the treatment mild to moderate Crohn's disease. It is an oral glucocorticoid which has an anti-inflammatory effect.
- Last Text Update:
- 2010-Mar-10 10:59 PM
- Last Data Update:
- 2010-Mar-13 9:01 PM
Other Names
- Entocort
- Entocort EC
- Budesonide
- Budenofalk
How Safe Is It?
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- Average Risk Rating
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- Pregnancy Category:
- C
- Black Box Warning:
- No
Facts & Figures
- Date Approved
- 02 Oct 2001
- Est US Patients*
- 97,210
- Generic Available
- No
- OTC Available
- No
User Age Distribution*
< 21
21-39
40-59
60+
Age (Years)
* Estimated number of US people currently taking Budesonide or its active ingredient based on population adjusted patient numbers registered with iGuard.org.
Recent alerts for Budesonide
There have been no iGuard.org alerts regarding Budesonide during the past year.
Budesonide Safety Report
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What is Budesonide used for?
iGuard is currently tracking more than 640 patients that use Budesonide (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)). Use the table below to learn why iGuard users take this product; click on any underlined condition to get information on other medications used for treatment.
| Disease / Condition | % | Average Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Ulcerative Colitis | 50% | 
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| Crohn's Disease | 29% | 
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| Diarrhea | 7% |
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| COPD | 7% | 
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| Asthma | 7% |
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How well does Budesonide work?
iGuard regularly polls our more than 640 users taking Budesonide (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM) . This feedback is continuously updated in tables below for the benefit of the iGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@iguard.org.
Average Satisfaction Score
(out of 10)
Average Effectiveness Score
(out of 10)
- 92%
- of patients are confident that the good things about Budesonide outweigh the bad things.
- 21%
- of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Budesonide.
Common Side Effects of Budesonide
iGuard regularly polls our more than 640 users taking Budesonide (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) to monitor the development and frequency of side-effects. This feedback is continuously updated in tables and graphs below for the benefit of the iGuard community.
22% of patients experience side-effects on Budesonide
< 1% of patients experience signifcant side-effects on Budesonide
Most Common Side Effects...
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Weight Gain
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Tremor
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Increased Appetite
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Headache
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= 10%
Global Patient Feedback for Budesonide ( Post a comment )
Question/Comment:
I stopped using Rhinocort turbohaler budesonide powder seven days ago.
It had provoked coughing. It affected by ability to talk and my ability to eat. The coughing provoked reflux.
Since stopping the Rhinocort seven days ago I have coughed less and less each day.
It had been prescibed after my complaints about Nasonex causing me chest pains and cough.
Both Nasonex & Rhinocort caused bloody scabs in my nose. The doctors seem to think nothing of this.
55 year old male
56 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-05-01 09:28:32
Question/Comment:
My son is almost 2 yr. old and has been taking Pulmicort for more than six months. It helps with sinus infections but has increased ear infections. He had to get tubes in his ears last month. I wish there was an easier way to adm. Pulmicort other than a nebulizer for small children. He will not hold still for 15 min. so I can't be sure he is getting the full dose.
22 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-01-19 07:53:10
Question/Comment:
I've been on Entocort for about 3 weeks now and have experienced, dizziness, lightheadedness, weight gain, cramping, chronic coughing and fatigue, but it has helped the colitis a lot.
Female 60
61 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-12-17 15:25:14
Question/Comment:
I am currently using rhinocort aqua and the results are great. The only side effect I have is nosebleeds. Any suggestions?
54 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-11-25 23:09:04
Question/Comment:
You all are talking about a whole different medication here. Rhinocort is not anything like Pulmicort. Pulmicort is a fine mist powder that you inhale through you mouth and it goes into Your lungs and it is steriod based. Rhinocort is a complete different medication used for a completey different medical condition.
This was suppose to be a discussion forum for PULMICORT, not RHINOCORT... LOL!
53 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-07-19 00:49:08
iGuard Answer/Reply:
Rhinocort and Pulmicort both have the same active ingredient, Budesonide.
Posted: 2008-07-21 10:36:28
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Budesonide