The best thing to put up your nose, and why this isn't it.
Written: Sep 05 '00
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Pros: Clear breathing for up to 12 hours
Cons: rebound stuffiness
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| meowmp3's Full Review: Neo Synephrine Spray 12 Hour Extra Moisturizing 0.... |
Nasal spray will make you feel great. Ahh, one little snort in each nostril, and you are once again breathing through your nose. But the good feeling soon runs out, and you reach once again for your little white bottle. "Snort!"
That was my life for a few months in 1999. I had a horrible cold, but had to keep working. I became addicted to nasal spray. If I went without my spray for more than 4 hours, I couldn't breathe through my nose. I was using the stuff more and more often. Finally, I quit cold turkey. I took hot showers, drank boiling hot tea, and cranked my humidifier all the way up. After a day or so, I could breathe almost normally.
Now I have some re-occurring sinus problems. I’m staying away from Neo-Synephrine 12-Hour Extra Moisturizing Spray and any nasal spray that contains decongestants. But that doesn’t mean I’ve stopped putting stuff up my nose. Now I just use saline solution.
Saline solution is just sterile saltwater in the same proportion as tears. You can buy bottles of plain saline nasal spay in the same section of the drug store that sells decongestant nasal sprays. Or you can just use the kind sold in the contact lens section, which is usually cheaper.
Saline solution moistens your nasal passages and helps clear out mucus by dissolving it and washing it away. Decongestants work by temporarily shrinking your mucus membranes so you can breathe. When the membranes swell back up, you are even worse off then before. All the mucus has dried up and gotten harder, and totally blocked your nose.
Unlike drugs, you can use saline as much as you like. I hate the way it feels to breathe it in, but saline makes my nose feel less sore and itchy, and makes my sinus episodes shorter. I credit this to the fact that it’s washing the junk out of my head before my sinuses get clogged up and then infected.
As for Neo-Synephrine 12-Hour Extra Moisturizing Spray, this was my favorite kind back when I was addicted. The clear breathing does last a lot longer than other brands. I tried all that were available, and it’s the best one I found. The only reason I would take a nasal spray is for an airline flight. I would take this particular one, even if I had to go to a few drugstores to find it.
Recommended:
Yes
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Member: Melissa Woycechowsky
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