Nasal rinses and travel...

[Alias]

Yes, that's the drug the rhinologist prescribed for me as well so this must be a fairly well established off label use for it. It comes in the little 2ml ampules, right? I find it's effective, too. In a follow up visit, the doc mentioned that I should also be using the little saline packets that come with the rinse bottle, as part of the same rinse. I hadn't been doing that for the first few months.

[Donna-from-Philly]

I am on budesonide as well. My doctor said it is a diluted steroid. It seems to be working well. I'm sleeping so much more comfortably.

[chris.wg]

I was already doing the rinse with the saline before hand when the doctor told me and I mentioned this to him before he put me on it. He said great and used it as a segway into explaining what I was about to do with the drug.

[Wegetarian]

The doctor also said tap water is fine.

This probably varies a lot depending on where you travel.

Last time I travelled with lots of luggage I just bought some saline solution bottles from the pharmacy, I was on very high doses of Pred and my nose was sore from wegs so I wanted to try to get the purest thing I could imagine. As an added benefit the salt was already mixed in so I didn't even need to do that. Unfotunately the pharmacys water had a plasticky-smell to it which wasn't too nice. For short trips I just packed a lot of nasal sprays for convenience.

I think Neilmed had some single-use nasal rinse thingies which might be convenient.

[me2]

Good points. I think probably most tap water in the US is ok for rinse. My doc told me my well water here where I live is perfectly safe. If I were to travel I would check into whether there was suitable tapwater where I was going or plan on using bottled water. If I didn't trust even the bottled water (like parts of China I have been to) I would plan on taking the Neilmed spray can rinse thingy's

[Bek Stone]

I find that boiled water and salt works well to rinse my sinuses just like the saline. My specialist said to boil the water just in case.

[jakekell]

We are retired so do some traveling. I solved that issue by going to the dollar store several bottles of saline nasal spray bottles. When needing a clean bottle I empty have of the saline out and fill it back up my the rinse I am on. This works while traveling for me and is sanitary. I can't go without rinsing either just to uncomfortable and it seems like letting the rinsing go a sinus infection is not far off.

Mary

[chris.wg]

My belief is most of the water as you say is "probably safe". But odds are also that you are not likely to get WG. So I just wont take the risk a bottle of distilled water is a $1 a gallon and that's pure H2O no minerals from the ground or Chlorine or other treatment chemicals from the plant. That way I control 100% what is in it. Mind you it has to be distilled for this not just bottled water. Then I add the solution pack. Boiling water is probably the next best way to be safe sure the minerals and what not are still in there but its been sterilized that way.

[jakekell]

I agree with you I use distilled water at home or away if I need to refill a bottle. The odds were so great that none of us would never get wegs so I take no chances as not worth it.

[gigi.palumboshatz]

I'm new to WG what are the Saline packets?


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