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Question:
Picked up a nasal spray over the counter at Walmart, oxymetazoline hydrochloride, great stuff. I used 2 sprays per nostril and it opened both nostrils for almost 12 hours. For me, it worked better than Nasonex. However the warning on the bottle states that it should not be used for more than 3 consecutive days, the blocked passages could become worse. I wish that I would have known that before purchasing it! What the hell good is it, if you can only use only 3 days. Thanks Ron
Response:
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:54:30 -0800 (PST), rotiko2…@webtv.net wrote:
| Picked up a nasal spray over the counter at Walmart, oxymetazoline | hydrochloride, great stuff. I used 2 sprays per nostril and it opened | both nostrils for almost 12 hours. For me, it worked better than | Nasonex. | However the warning on the bottle states that it should not be used for | more than 3 consecutive days, the blocked passages could become worse. | | I wish that I would have known that before purchasing it! What the hell | good is it, if you can only use only 3 days. | | Thanks | Ron |
Abuse of this type of spray is pretty common, and there is even a medical name for it (although I can’t think offhand what that name is). Oxymetazoline hydrochloride is the active ingredient in Afrin and Dristan nasal sprays — and numerous others. Several decades ago when I was young and stupid I used the stuff for over a year. I got to the point (pretty quickly) where I had to just pour it down my nose for it to be effective. Instead of taking it every 12 hours, I took it every 15 minutes. I finally managed to get up the gumption to stop using it, but it was murder for a week or so. I mean really awful. I sure don’t advise abusing it. There’s nothing wrong with using the stuff otherwise, so long as you follow the directions and don’t use it for more than two or three days. And it really does work … which makes it so tempting to keep using it. —————————————————- "Trudy is Beauth, Beauth, Trudy"
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