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Is Sinumedin Addictive Like Xylometazoline and Oxymetazoline Drops?
Is sinumedin as addictive as drops with xilometazoline and oxymetazoline? Will I be able to take xylometazoline by using sinumedin instead of otrivin (I've been using it for 5 years now because my nose is blocked because my nose is blocked)? Will I also have to use sinumedin for a long time? I want to somehow replace Otrivin with something non-addictive but nose-unclogging...
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Anna Lewandowska Pharmacist, Editor
4 months ago
Sinumedin is a medicine that contains mepyramine maleate and phenylephrine hydrochloride. Mepyramine is an antihistamine, and phenylephrine constricts the blood vessels of the nasal mucosa and reduces its congestion, so it unclogs the nose and makes breathing easier.
Sinumedin, due to the content of phenylephrine, can lead to addiction and rebound reactions, such as, for example, watery runny nose, the preparation should not be used for more than 3 days:
https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/93917/sinumedin-aerozol/apteki
If you have been using Otrivin for 5 years, I encourage you to consult an ENT specialist. In this case, in-depth diagnostics are necessary. Frequent use of nasal drops is not only addictive, but can also cause permanent swelling changes in the nose, and consequently to a condition referred to as hypertrophy of the nasal turbinates. Clinically, nasal turbinate hypertrophy is characterized by the fact that the nose is almost constantly blocked, there are smell disorders, often also an increased runny nose, and even nosebleeds.
If you do not have the opportunity to consult your doctor, you can use the teleconsultation here: https://www.gdziepolek.pl/telekonsultacja/z-internista