Warning About Over-The-Counter Nasal Sprays
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- Опубликовано: 23 май 2018
- A warning Thursday for the many people using over-the-counter nasal sprays: One type has to be used very carefully. It can actually make your nasal stuffiness worse and create serious problems, including addiction. CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez explains.
Nothing more satisfying then going from complete stuffed nose to a clear nose.
There is no other alternative. 35+ year Afrin sufferer. Had surgery on my turbines, didn't work. Used saline, didn't work. Flonase, didn't work. I still have to have surgery on my deviated septum. ENTs really need better options for people like us.
Yeah. It's an addiction to breathe. I use nasal medicine and time to time I have to use it often depending on if I can wrap my mind around mouthbreathing 24/7 or use the medicine. I loved hearing a nurse tell me I have an addiction to nasal medicine instead of I have a breathing disability that hasn't been looked into. Gfys
Any update?
@@jeffersonrodriguez8008 Nope. I was deployed and returned last week actually. The military makes it very hard to get things like this worked on. Sure, i could goto medical. I did, spent a lot of time making appointments just to be given a steroid spray and allergy spray, neither of which work. Just running through a circle when the civillian ENT's already diagnosed my problem and recommended a corrective surgery.
Yea when will we the people put a stop to this? Breathing is The worst addiction. Can't have it like that🚫😅
This video literally told us nothing.
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That's the point !!
I was addicted to nasal spray for 30 years and went cold turkey. Their use was terrible. Hadn't used them in years and feel so much better.
Omg 30 yrs? I’ve been using it for about 6 yrs? How did you stop? Really? Cold turkey?
@@francelinamommyof3204 I've used it for 7 years... But now I'm completely alright.... Do an allergy test and eliminate all the items that cause allergy... Diary products are the culprits causing most of the nasal blocks...try sinuse rinse... All these will help ultimately.
But trust me at the beginning it will be so hard to come out of it but when time passes you'll automatically come out of it and it'll be worth it
I’ve been using Flonase and it’s a God’s sent! I use the nasal spray maybe once in a 24 hour period. Mind you I was using it every other hour non stop and it was not working at all. I was taking 4 to 5 showers a day. sometimes more with scalding hot water on my head to help. But it only lasted a few minutes. Now I feel like A brand new woman with my Flonase spray. lol
@@francelinamommyof3204 is there any serious side effect do we face in long term use?🤔🤔🤔
@@francelinamommyof3204 ohhh😲😲😲😲
There's a legend in my family of my grandma getting addicted to Afrin sometime decades ago. Any time anyone in the family uses Afrin, it's like some mini intervention. "Ya know Gramma got addicted to that stuff in the 80s!?" But I am very careful to only use it once my cold/flu gets intolerable and I believe I have fewer than 3 days of congestion remaining. Just used it again for this gd covid...
I was having rebounds from using too much nasal sprays for almost all my life. It was addictive and I was having thoughts of wanting to have nasal surgery done on me. My doctor prescribed me to a steroid nasal spray Fluticasone Propionate. Took a little time but everything gradually works and I didn't need to have surgery done after all. For me I think this is God's send and now I can throw away my old nasal sprays for good.
I was having the same condition when I was 14. I could not live without those wonder sprays and my stuffy nose only got worse and worse due to the overuse of these sprays. Fortunately, a doctor prescribed a kind of wonder pill for me and after about 3 months of taking those pills, my nose became completely normal. The doctor saved my life.
@@CopperSmith1 can you please share the name of those pills so I can ask my doctor about it? I will highly appreciate it
@@CopperSmith1 What kind of pills did you end up taking Jesse?
So you were using nasal spray for years ? Did you ever get nasal polyps ? I need help 😢
@@CopperSmith1 That is flownase it's now over the counter buy Cosco's generic brand cheaper.
I’ve been sick for five days with the flue and can’t breathe. I went to CVS to go get one of the sprays and they now make a spray that you can use every 4 hours, it’s called neo synephrine. It’s a godsend. I set a timer for 4 hours and it’s kinda bad how I’ll just be looking at the clock waiting for that 4 hour mark. But my God the instant relief is so good like absolutely incredible
Is it safe to use everyday or is there a limit?
No that shits just as bad as Afrin and will fuck your heart up if you get hooked on it for a long time
Helped me with wheezing from allergies too
Why isn't anyone talking about the anxiety and panic attack that those spray relief gives you as a side effect 🤔🤔
Yep, have had panic attacks for 1.5 years now..
Right!! I just use saline!!
I'm glad I read this, I already get anxiety but i started using Afrin for a few days now because my congestion is terrible. Today i really started to feel anxious/nervousness, I can't really sleep because i feel jittery. I'm going to stop using it today. But I do like gow the nasal sprays help me to breath
As if we haven’t heard this a thousand times before!!!
Very good 👍👍👍
Affrin don't work when my 👃 is congested I tried that stuff and it seems my nose congestion gets worse , equate ,or wellness nasal spray is Gold
Its awful for people like me ...who have chronic rhiniitis for decades...& other related problems..if this is harmful...how to live...even contact wid water gives me runny nose...im fedup... & suffering too.much
Maybe look into surgery, turbinate reduction and things alike
@@jeffersonrodriguez8008 I have tried everything you can think of. The only medication that works is Vicks sinus spray. I rather be addicted then miserable and depressed
same god help us
Did you end up healing your nose Charlette?
I have perforated nasal lining. What rinse can i use
Zicam cause me to pass out in the street several times. I would only use the saline rinse. Nasal irrigation doesn't work it made my symptoms worse.
What kind?
I used the Extreme congestion relief Aloe vera
@@ElizabethMejia510 I don't remember it was 6 years ago. But some people are too sensitive for nasal sprays.
My nasal congestion got so bad I couldn’t sleep and gave me tinnitus after a year of using it
Helped me when i was wheezing with allergies
The way to get off is tricky but easy if done correctly. You get off one nasal at a time. So spray one side, let the other side stay stuffed. Within a day or two, the one side you aren’t spraying will start to open. I was addicted for a few years, it may have been the reason I needed sinuplasty and turbinate reduction. I would have died without it. I was 100% blocked with serious infections that antibiotics didn’t cure after many prescriptions. So do 1 side at a time, it does work!!!
Did that, didn't work for me at all. I'm on 3+ years with no Afrin in right nostril and still congested.
Side effects of allergy meds with steroids are panic attacks, lack of sleep, and extreme anxiety.
I had WORST experience ever after trying 4 different brands with steroids (3 over the counter, 1 prescription). Each time I took any of them it felt like the oxygen was being sucked out of every space I occupied. Saline sprays are safe.
Yep. Horrible feeling.
Use Afrin in 1 nostril to let the other one heal. After 4 or so days, nostril will be back to normal, then stop all together.
Good luck to everyone!
I have been using it for 25 years. Can someone help me
Love using both saline & Afrin sprays!
I have Sjogrens.. and now a Horrible head cold that even decongestant PILLS are not helping.. thing is with Sjogrens. EVERYTHING is all ready dry.. but you can still get congested.
Got a severe cold the likes I have never seen it attacks my nose and my throat to the point it's difficult to breathe out of either and has left me unable to sleep even a wink for 3 days. Nothing can be done, I got a strong nasal spray that works, but it only does so for little more than 10-30 minutes. Haven't really used it much since rebound congestion lingers in my mind as it made my nose dry - ridiculous really.
wow I didn't know about this, it does seem my nose is more frequently blocked these days, maybe I need to just go back to blowing my nose with tissue I guess.
How about daily for 30 years.
I had a friend who used so many of these regularly.
It scared me away from using them. LOL
I used Afrin when I had the flu and it caused severe anxiety, nervousness, and insomnia. How did I come to the conclusion it was Afrin? I tried it again 2-3 weeks later and had the same side effects.
Why would afrin cause these things?
Frank2 Dank , These are known side effects of the drug. Some people, like myself, are more sensitive to the drug. Especially true if you have some underlying health issue or recovering from an illness. Regarding the mechanics of how the drug causes such side effects, maybe a chemist or doctor out there can chime in and enlighten us.
I can 100% agree with this
Affrin is terrible it made me feel pissed off an more congested , the only nasal spray that works is equate , and wellness brand
@@clickityclackityasmr7357 if I can recall, jittery and anxiety took about 2-3 days for me. Insomnia 1-2 weeks.
My congestion is so bad rn I might just spray up.
If you buy any dollar product that shows how much you care about yourself. I am spending top dollar on anything that comes to my health!
Used Afrin for years never had any nasal perforations. Tried all the other stuff they have ENT answer is to burn the nasal tissue cauterize them.
However this news coverage fails to mention the use of steroid sprays on hypertensive patients, which is important because it can have concerning effects on blood pressure.
I was using mine for 4 Weeks 😅😅 they need to put a bigger warning on the bottle
Do you still use it?
3 days is a max I’m pretty sure it says it on the bottle
Use Claritin-D from behind the pharmacy counter!
I'm 49 and has been addicted to this nose rat poison spray for 31 years. Yes 31 years
@The Situation yea not one day has gone by without me thinking about a tumour the size of a watermelon in my nose the last 20 years. I hate nose spray. I hate it so much but I can't do anything about it. I went to the doctor when I was 26. He said "ooh, nothing to worry about. We just drill your narrow canals up, open your nose and put silicone in the nose..." I said "thank you, but no thank you". Why did I buy that F N first bottle? Hate it
Shit i have been taking it for 2 days now im thinkinqg about tha add
@@carlozlopez1605 add as in attention deficit disorder or add as in advertising? I have adhd and add and I'm not aware about that nasal spray has anything to do with the disorder add. But what do I know?.. 😊
I've been taking nasal drops for 6-7 years
@@BVN-zr2xm the good thing is that I actually don't take more spray after 31 years than 6-7 years. It's been quite the same. About 1 bottle every week 😊
Flonase isn’t on that warning list
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Nasal spray has ruined my life. I'm 35 years old!
Shut up
Your only supposed to use it for no more than 3 days 🤦♂️
Yea I didn’t read the label either
Taking an extra shower works good for allergies and cracking your ears to drain your sinuses and good ol fashioned benedryl that's my routine,it works good!
definitely taking Butt Plug's advice on "cracking your ears"
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Who came here after watching King of Queens?
I ve been usin afrin for more than 10 years
I tried that stuff it don't work for equate wellness brand
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Every day?
Hows your blood pressure?
Me too. Ive been using it forever with no issue because my allergies are horrible. I had nasal surgery and the dr said use as needed because its the only thing helping me stay with open airways. But after surgery, for some reason it causes my nose to bleed so i stopped using it completely. I just use saline from now on.
Your body is weak if you really get worse using nasal spray.
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Vicks sinex nasal spray is the best! Better than Flonase and nasacort!
Is it working for allergic rhinitis?...chronic for many yrs
charlette sequeira I have chronic sinus and this is the only thing that works for me.
It's made in Germany, and in that part of Europe they dont cheap out on ingredients and are designed with the consumer more.
@James Boss I started using sinex at night after learning about the benefits of nasal breathing. I smoke and sometimes when I cough my nose clogs up, this spray is a life savior. I'd rather live my life being able to breathe thru my nose and take on the risk's.
Or just carry a oxygen tank with a mask around .