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Can you stop taking fluticasone without any problems? and would taking the spray cause swelling in foot?

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Dr. Thomas Inwood answered

Specializes in Podiatry

Fluticasone: That should not cause foot swelling. However, if after you discontinue it the swelling resolves then there is some weird relationship

Dr Finkelstein and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 4/28/2014

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