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buettner
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 Posted: 08/19/05 - 02:00 Post subject: addicted to nose spray |
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Hi!
I have a strange problem and only now I realize this is a problem. I never saw this that way. I think I am addicted to nose spray. I have swollen nasal passages and also some problems with sinuses. I cannot breath through nose without nose spray and besides my head starts aching. I need up to two bottles of nose spray monthly and in pharmacy they do not want to send me anymore, so I am sending my friends to buy it for me. I want to get rid of this nose spray addiction for good, but I do not know where to turn or what to do!
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wessels
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| Posted: 09/13/05 - 07:25 Post subject: |
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Hey!
I think it is best you ask your doctor for help. I you want to know, when using nose spray for longer period (it is suggested not to use it more than 5 days), it can actually make runny noses and congestion worse. When the spray wears off, blood vessels dilate again, bringing swelling and congestion with the extra blood flow. This leads to nose spray addiction. But continuous use can cause rebound rhinitis. Rebound rhinitis, which is very possible you have it, is a condition when nasal passages become even more swollen than they were at the beginning.
Addiction of nose spray, can lead to higher heart rate and blood pressure levels.
I sincerely suggest you go talk with your physician and she or he will probably refer to ENT (ear, nose, throat specialist) or maybe just prescribe you some steroids to ease the nose spray addiction.
I hope you will be soon fine, it is just that you need help from specialists.
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up77388
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| Posted: 07/02/06 - 14:47 Post subject: stop using nasal sprays |
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I was a 20 year nasal spray user. Lately I found a way to stop using it. take a few weeks to do it. You simply reduce the strength of the nasal spray (no matter what kind of nasal spray you use). The way to do this is:
Buy a small measure cup or measure tub, open the nasal spray bottle, buy a bottle of saline spray(wal-mart has it), or you can use water. first week use 10 % saline/water and 90% nasal spray, you need to mix them manually. second week increase saline/water to 20%, so only 80% nasal spray, and keep going... make sure you mix them with correct %, go slow if you have to, so your nose won't even know the difference. by the time you get to 80 % saline/water and 20% nasal spray, you should be able to stop it all together. or keep going to 10%/90%... I did in 10 weeks. Many people did this successfully.. Good luck to you.... |
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A.K.
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| Posted: 07/09/06 - 07:23 Post subject: Stop using nasal sprays |
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Stop using nasal sprays issue will never be ignored. Just for being honest, I need to tell you that I am leading a R&D based firm that deals with micron-sized droplets that are carrying water-soluble substances known as ultrasonic fog.
Since I met lot of people during the reaserch period and they raised many ideas how to use the fog for healthcare treatments as well as to stop being addicted to Otrivin (Nasal Dosing Spray 0.1% xylometazoline), I would like to tell you that I have heard two stories of individuals that the fog made them well.
I am not a physician and this is not a recommendation to use my company's products but only for bringing these general facts that need to be discussed and checked with doctors. |
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