nasal addiction

[Father_In]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a person who is addicted to nasal sprays and can't breathe properly without it.
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[Jabberwocky]

Dude, what kinds of nasal meds are you talking about? It sounds like you have a legitimate problem with your sinuses... I don't know that "Addiction" to nasal sprays is really the best way to label your condition. You don't "Withdraw" from sinus meds, and even if you did it wouldn't manifest as an accumulation of more blockage and/or nasal irritation.
I suggest you see your doctor about it, he my refer you to a ear nose and throught specialist who might better be able to address your condition.
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[AbraMontague]

Actually a lot of people DO withdraw from sinus decongestant sprays. This results in rebound congestion. You can either keep using the spray or switch to an oral decongestant, which doesn't cause rebound congestion.

 

[Father_In]

The (addiction?)is from the likes of Afrin and Nostrella. His nasal passages are always looking red and raw.

 

[Ketamike]

This should be transferred to 'The Dark Side'

 

[TheTripDoctor]

My dad is apparently addicted to the synephrine shit i think its ephedrine, he uses it all the fucking time every day, he also uses the saline shit i think but this ephedrine crap or whatever it actually is he uses a hell of a lot for no damn reason, i bet he doesnt need the shit at all (dont know why you would use it otherwise though) and he thinks different of me for using drugs, ha what a dick

anyway i dont think they are powerfull enough to cause dependance or addiction of any sort except being addicted to clearing your nose up lol.
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[Brisgirl]

I've just been through the same thing myself. It happens every time I get a cold and I start using a nasal spray so that I can sleep. Once the cold is over, I have to keep using it otherwise I can't breathe and I feel like I'm going to choke if I even try to lie down. I always find that if I manage to spend a night or two without it, everything goes back to normal.
Try taking heaps of oral decongestants and then getting through the night without the spray however you can. Drink heaps or take some speed (not by snorting it though). If you manage to stay off it for a couple of days you should be OK.

 

[darkisbrooklyn]

LMFAO@ketamike

 

[Griff]

No, keep this out of TDS damnit.
Medical maybe, but come on... nasal spray addiction?
What's in your nasal spray? Cocaine + saline?

 

[melissa32]

I don't know what you can do to get away from using it. My husband has been using it now for a couple years... whenever he tries to go without it, he wakes up in the morning and THROWS UP from the congestion.
Uck.
He has talked to the doc. and they tell him to use the saline ones, but it doesn't work.

 

[bsnuggles]

I have REALLY bad allergies, and used to be on a prescription nasal spray, like Nasonex until I didn't have insurance coverage, so every allergy season, I'd start taking over-the-counter nasal sprays and would end up to the point where I'd be taking them all the time to help me breathe....
If you've been doing it for long enough, it'll take more than a couple of days to not be congested anymore. My best suggestion is to try the over-the-counter decongestants, like benedryl, for a while, and just suffer... it may take a while, but you will be able to breathe normally again.
I'd advise, that once you are able to breathe again normally, that if your problem stemmed originally from something like allergies, that you go see your doctor, or an allergist, and they can put you on something like nasonex or nasacort that is a steroid and helps open up your nasal passages all the time. don't go back to the over-the-counter stuff though, cause you'll only end up in the same place. if it's a cold, take an oral decongestant, and just suffer for a couple of weeks...

 

[Dr. Quack]

What about taking some pseudoephedrine...or some other decongestant that you don't squirt up your nose.

 

[seanpup]

I think the pseudoephedrine idea is a good one until you can get off the spray, if that will keep the nasal passages clear. I hate that feeling of not being able to breathe. And besides, you have to keep those nasal membranes in good shape for what God gave them to us for, snorting drugs.
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[greenhaze]

Father_In, you're friend is probably just addicted to breathing properly. The Afrin, etc. gives him a clear nasal passage for most of the day. And if he quits taking the stuff, he would just be stuffed up all day. The best way to get off nost medicine is just to taper off gradually until he is no longer on it.