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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / February 2004After you use Flonase?
i do flonase one nostril at a time, with few hours lag time until i do the other nostril. i like to keep things staggered like this. call me silly, but it's like a little insurance policy the thought being when the effect wears off on one nostril and it is swollen too much, possibly the other nostril will still be open because it's on a different dosing schedule. so alternating gives us best chance for at least one functional blowhole ;-) i'm really stretching - i know - LOL. anyway, here's the question: does it make sense, would it be helpful, to tilt your head back and/or lay with your face down on the side of the nostril you just treated to give the stuff a better chance to 'soak' in or get to where it needs to go via gravity? just seems like shooting it up your nose standing up leaves a lot of chance for gravity to leave it drip right down the inside and out the bottom of your nose where it does little good, no? >i do flonase one nostril at a time, with few hours lag time until i do >the other nostril. i like to keep things staggered like this. call me [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >to give the stuff a better chance to 'soak' in or get to where it >needs to go via gravity? I think it as excellent idea. Dr. David Kennedy (who is very famous) suggests lying face down with head over the edge of the bed for several minutes, at least for those who have had surgery to open up the openings (I have). Sometimes I do it with head back instead. I have not really tried one side at a time but that could work as well. By the way, I now use one well-places solid squirt at a time on each side for maintenance use. I find t works just as well. I iamgne they allow a margin for error. But you mght want to stick wth two as I have no science to back up what I say.... >just seems like shooting it up your nose standing up leaves a lot of >chance for gravity to leave it drip right down the inside and out the >bottom of your nose where it does little good, no? They just published a study on how to use the cortisone sprays and concluded that head up, spray slightly to the tide towards the eye weas best. They also did a study and found the the cheaper cortisone sprays were as effective as the more expensive ones. Murray Grossan, M.D. http://www.ent-consult.com When are the going to allow us to purchase to cortisone sprays without a prescription ? Is there any push to do this just like the HMOs did with Claritin ? Tony I got to do that in England.. I got Beconase there for $6.00 a bottle! I have to pay $75 for my rhinocort in the USA. :When are the going to allow us to purchase to cortisone sprays :without a prescription ? : :Is there any push to do this just like the HMOs did with Claritin ? : :Tony Forget the flonase. ...I wish they'd bring back that phenylpropanolamine decongestant. ...It worked the best for clearing my sinuses. ...Jon >Forget the flonase. ...I wish they'd bring back that phenylpropanolamine >decongestant. ...It worked the best for clearing my sinuses. ...Jon did the phenylpropanolamine have a rebound effect on you at all? it would be great to find something to open up the nasal passages a bit other than steriods that didn't have any rebound phenomena associated with it. Hi iJah... When I used to use the Phenylpropanolamine, I wasn't aware that I even had a sinus problem. It just seemed to work wonders for clearing my nose. I don't recall any rebound effect from it, though. ..Mind you, It wasn't like I was using it on a daily basis either. ..I think if anything should be banned, it should be those decongestant sprays like dristan, or otravin. ...The use of these led to a major sinus flare-up for me back in /83. ...That other drug that replaced the Phenyl... (can't think of its name, off hand), has a terrible effect on me. I get all shaky, yet it seems to do nothing for my nose. ...Jon When I used to use the Phenylpropanolamine, I wasn't aware that I even had a sinus problem The ban on this product makes no sense. The only persons who had the heart problems were the ones who took it for dieting way above the recommended dose. These were young girls trying to diet and so they took 2 or 3 times above the dose on the box. This drug should be back as it is a good one. Murray Grossan, M.D. http://www.ent-consult.com >They just published a study on how to use the cortisone sprays and concluded >that head up, spray slightly to the tide towards the eye weas best. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Murray Grossan, M.D. >http://www.ent-consult.com thanks doc, what *exactly* are you shooting for by aiming towards the eye? what is the 'target' in other words? btw, thanks everyone for the responses. :>They just published a study on how to use the cortisone sprays and concluded :>that head up, spray slightly to the tide towards the eye weas best. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] : :btw, thanks everyone for the responses. You don't want to hit the septum so you aim away from it and towards the eyes. by aiming towards the eye you get most to the middle and inferior turbinate area and avoid blasting the septum. Murray Grossan, M.D. http://www.ent-consult.com |
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