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Alternative to nasal sprays?

  • 02-12-2005 1:16pm
    #1
    MrMagoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I am looking for any advice on what I can replace nasal sprays with. I am currently a twice daily user of sudafed to help with my sinitus. Doc advised long term use of antihistamines, but they don't work half as well as the spray.

    An ex-spray user told me to quit as too much actually makes the issue worse, not better. It has come to the point now where if I don't have the spray my sinuses close up fully and I can't breathe through my nose at all!

    I am looking for something natural and non-damaging to replace the spray but that will be effective too. Someone else mentioned filling an empty spray bottle with water, as its just a case of keeping the nose lining moist? Not sure about this though :rolleyes:

    Any help greatly received!!


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  • #2
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Sterimar is a sterilised seawater solution. You can get it in Boots and many other chemists' shops. Spray and snuffle it up when you're in the shower each day; it helps to shake your head slightly just after doing it, for some reason.

    It also helps to keep the place very dust-free.

    And there's a tai chi exercise where you massage the sinuses in circles with your forefinger tips - beside your nose, just above the nostrils, massaging up and away from the nose and back.


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