Irrigating with a solution that includes streroid?

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surfinventures@spacemail.com - 07 Jul 2007 06:02 GMT

Seems like that might be a way to get the medicine deeper into the
sinuses where it could then relieve inflammation in there and not just
in the nasal cavities. For people who benefit from oral steroids but
hate the side effects or don't want to risk sides effects (especially
long term)this seems like a possible middle ground. By the way, is
there any research into new oral medicines as effective as prednisone
or decadron but without any side effects (or at least much less)?

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B Miller - 09 Jul 2007 02:53 GMT

Here is a link to a discussion about using Pulmacort for your sinuses.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.sinusitis/browse_thread/thread/87df34
e7f44d1df4/95a2688b56965a7a

I am no doctor but when I ran into this I asked my allergist about it. He
did some research and gave me a prescription the next day. I am quite
certain that this has kept me out of the hospital. Some if this is repeated
in the link, look for the section that starts bmiller, that was me. This is
no cure but it makes thinks better.

I hope that this helps you, best of luck.

Bob

> Seems like that might be a way to get the medicine deeper into the
> sinuses where it could then relieve inflammation in there and not just
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> there any research into new oral medicines as effective as prednisone
> or decadron but without any side effects (or at least much less)?

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surfinventures@spacemail.com - 12 Jul 2007 03:59 GMT

> Here is a link to a discussion about using Pulmacort for your sinuses.
>
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> > there any research into new oral medicines as effective as prednisone
> > or decadron but without any side effects (or at least much less)?

Why do oral and IV corticosteroids usually bring relatively much
stronger and immediate relief/reducing of inflammation/swelling where
the nasal spray based ones take much longer and generally much less
effective? Is it because the active ingredients used in nasal spays
much milder, the amount of the active ingredient in them very small,
or that the sprays fail to reach deep into the sinuses (which i'm
sure is part of it)? A nebulized delivery system or irrigation based
might probably help
reach deep into all the sinuses but I rarely hear about ent's
recommending either.

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