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Flonase Sensimist
Flonase Sensimist is Fluticasone furoate and is now available over the counter without a prescription. Should this page be edited to reflect this? 66.102.196.60 (talk) 08:22, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
Molecular Weight
The molecular weight of this molecule is wrong, or at least it is wrong in comparison to its close relative flonase. If we compare the composition of the two, flonase is listed as C25H31F3O5S (weight of 500.57 g/mol), and veramyst is listed as C27H29F3O6S (weight of 444.508). However we see that veramyst should be the heavier of the two, as it has gained 2 carbon atoms, 1 oxygen atom, and lost two hyrdogens. Hence veramyst should be about 38 g/mol heavier than flonase. Contributions/139.127.177.180 (talk)
FDA Approved as component of Breo Ellipta for COPD
Could update article with FDA approves Breo Ellipta to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Rod57 (talk) 08:30, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
Confusion with Fluticasone Propionate
Due to its name, Fluticasone Propionate is easily confused with Fluticasone Furoate. There is an argument that the latter is far superior to the former, although they are both used for treating allergic rhinitis and often substitute one another because of confusion resulting from the name similarity. See this paper for mentioned argument:
“Fluticasone furoate/fluticasone propionate – different drugs with different properties”, Clin Respir J. 2011 July; 5(3): 183–184, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147057/
Perhaps something should be added in the article regarding the name confusion and the different properties. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.152.7.229 (talk) 21:09, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
- Came here to say the same especially since the article mentions Advair diskus which is fluticasone propionate. 73.137.41.29 (talk) 02:52, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
So, large parts of the history section is just copy-pasted from (copyrighted) press releases and first hand journals
The section has been flagged as reading like promotional material, which makes sense as the primary sources are press releases from the major manufacturer, GSK. Citing press releases and promotional material seems to conflict with the Wikipedia:No original research,Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:Verifiability policies. , neutral, or acceptable sources for any information claimed in them.
Copy-pasting entire paragraphs from them, with no other information / sources, is a service that companies generally pay publications for, and does not belong on a public encyclopedia. It also raises copyright issues, as entire paragraphs form a large percentage of the source material, and there doesn't appear to be any attempt to analyse the text or use it for any purpose that might be fair use.
I would spend time pouring through studies to find alternative sources and rewrite the section, but that would involve spending a lot more time than it took to insert the original material. It was all added to the page at once, in one revision on 05:40, 11 May 2024 (I can't link page diff pages properly, sorry, I have tried) by an editor who hasn't been active before or since. The edit removed every other section of the page, including formatting, lede etc, so I'm assuming it was not a deliberate attempt to sneak content in without notice but a mistake.
It also, slightly bizarrely, included a section on the biography of David Allen, a GSK employee of no particular relevance to the page, which was also copy pasted word for word from an editorial written by Dave Allen about GSK interests.
Paragraph snippet:
Dave Allen is responsible for the identification of novel differentiated medicines and their progression to registration and launch at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). He leads a group of over 200 scientists and clinicians who exploit scientific innovations that have the potential to address the major unmet needs in diseases such as COPD, severe asthma...
— "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1223301307"
It's been a year and nobody seems to have queried the copyrighted biography of Dave Allen in the middle of a page on fluticasone furoate, but I'm going to be bold and remove it.
And the rest of the info added in that edit.
Obviously please give opinions if I shouldn't delete it: I'll leave this up for a few days, then delete. Moubliezpas (talk) 18:24, 21 September 2025 (UTC)