Just thought about this. I have a cold now and the nasal spray opens up my clogged nose in less than a minute. However, taking stuff for runny nose, sneezing, and heavy mucus doesn’t ever really work. Feels like a scam sometimes to be honest considering all we’re ever told is that cold medicine “suppresses” the symptoms not cures it.
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Nasal sprays do work great, **but be very, very careful.**
If you use them too often, you will experience “rebound”. Kind of like developing a tolerance.
This happened to me.
Every time I’d use a nasal spray, the effect would last less long. One spray would last me five hours. The second spray would last me four hours. The third spray would last me three hours.
Eventually you’re spraying every 15 minutes just to keep your nasal passage open.
And then what do you do? It’s very scary, when you realize that you’re now “hooked” on it.
I went to the doctor, they put me on steroids for a week, and warned me in very strong language NEVER to use them for more than a few times, and then stop for a few days.
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