A new webpage has been created and uploaded to our website on rhinitis medicamentosa, a devastating sinus/nasal condition with symptoms of severe chronic obstruction/congestion. This condition occurs when over-the-counter nasal decongestant sprays are used more frequently (every 12 hours) and longer (3-5 days) than directed.
Such nasal decongestant sprays include the common and popular Afrin and Zicam nasal sprays. These sprays contain one of these active ingredients: phenylephrine, neo-synephrine, oxymetazoline, and xylometazoline.
This condition has also been portrayed in the New York Times and the article can be read here.
Check out the webpage here.
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ReplyDeleteI had the same problem with the decongestants, and have ended up using salt water and a neti pot (or one of those squeezy bottles, if you're not feeling adventurous!) to flush out the nose twice a day. It has the advantage of not having any chemical element for you to rebound of and it cleans out the gunk amazingly well. I was doing it twice a day for several months first of all and now I only need to use it occasionally. You can also buy those Sterimar things, which basically does the same thing in a less efficient fashion, but the saline solution is sealed in so its much handier to carry around.
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