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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / September 2007Dprays, Irrigation, etc
I use saline solution and then Flonase. What sprays do you use? For those who Flonase, how much do you use per nostril and how often? Mucho thankio > I use saline solution and then Flonase. What sprays do you use? For those > who Flonase, how much do you use per nostril and how often? Mucho thankio I scrupulously avoid steroid sprays and anything with benzalkonium chloride in it. I'm using homemade saline. Susan > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Susan I use the pure saline, from any one of the premixed solutions without benzalkonium. Risk of contaminating your homemade is real. I would like something to help me suck out the rest, because when I am full, it hurts to blow. I do hear about a device being made that can both spray and evacuate, or do either. This sounds appealing. I am not sure which I like better, a full mist or a stream of water. Both feel good. Any thoughts?? > > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > sure which I like better, a full mist or a stream of water. Both feel > good. Any thoughts?? could you clarify your comment re: risk of contaminating homemade saline solutions? thanks, ellen > I scrupulously avoid steroid sprays and anything with benzalkonium > chloride in it. I'm using homemade saline. > > Susan You stopped using Astelin? Are you better without it? > You stopped using Astelin? Are you better without it? I know I'm not at all worse without it. I may be better; just had a weeklong cold during which all I needed to flush out the colorful evidence of infection was my NeilMed bottle. Also, am able to skip days of irrigating without a problem for the first time in years. I just didn't want to do any more damage or take it if it's not necessary. Susan Earlier you wrote that it (Astelin) helped you a lot. > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Susan It did! From the very first time I sprayed with it, I had relief of allergic sx within minutes, the congestion was gone, I could breathe and even abort a sinus migraine if I sprayed soon enough. I wasn't desensitized to my allergies at the time, nor was I aware of the dangers of BK preservative. In the years since, I've had extraordinarily good desensitization results, gotten good control with irrigation and learned about BK, so I decided to stop using it. I'm not throwing it out, just not using it routintely. Unlike other nasal sprays for allergies, it works within minutes of use, not weeks. Susan > I use saline solution and then Flonase. What sprays do you use? For those > who Flonase, how much do you use per nostril and how often? Mucho thankio When I was on Flonase it was two sprays total per day per side. I must admit that I sneaked an extra spray in on the worst side. Now I'm on Flunisolide which I like better because it's .025% solution which is maximum 4 sprays per day per side and it doesn't smell or taste as bad. It also is a finer mist which , in my opinion , gets to more places but I need to be careful not to inhale while spraying or it sprays down my throat a little. It has .01% Benzalkonium Chloride , unfortunately, but it's probably to lessen the contamination issue of re-infection. The Flunisolide works well for me. I breathe clear all the time now. I stopped using all other treatment. Jamffer I am trying the muscinex spray -I think this is new , it supposedly thins mucus > I use saline solution and then Flonase. What sprays do you use? For those > who Flonase, how much do you use per nostril and how often? Mucho thankio i have tried almost every steroid spray that has been on the market, including those without the bk. all of them cause a strange sensation in my nasal membranes - like an uncomfortable thickening. i feel way better off of them, though i know many people get relief through their use. the ent wants me to try mixing pulmicort capsules with saline & doing a rinse that way, but i can't really see where that is going to be much different. i'm not too inclined to try it. (& it's pretty expensive without drug insurance). ellen
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