Re: what is reactin sinus?

[Guest guest]

Hi Uta -

I was told to take my Singulair at bedtime. Along with Rhinocort

Turbuhaler it has shrunk my nasal polyps completely (and they had come

back full force 3 months after surgery), and my sense of smell seems to

be slowly returning. The Rhinocort powder may not be available in all

countries (I'm from Canada). The aqueous nasal sprays had been totally

ineffective. The allergist also suggested taking an antihistamine like

Allegra daily - maybe that's what Reactine is... I didn't notice any

difference with the antihistamine, so I stopped taking it.

All the best,

Mona

At 01:45 AM 2003/11/22, you wrote:

golfpingtec... I found your

answer hopeful as I

still go through 1/2 box of kleenex every night and

cannot smell a thing. I have been taking singular

in the morning ( maybe the wrong time to take it)

and have never heard of reactin sinus?

I love to try it if it worked for you...

I assume it is presciption drug?

Thanks

Uta

[Guest guest]

I started taking singular about 10 months ago, just before I go to bed. While I have had two surgeries and also take serevent, nasonex pulmicort daily, I do feel the singular just before bed has helped.

You might want to change your time frame Uta

[Guest guest]

My doc recently started me on -- get this -- a flovent inhaler with a

special nostril attachment! So basically, i'm shooting an inhaled

steroid up my nose. Does it work? Not really sure -- I have a bad

habit of trying a dozen new combinations of drugs at once. But it's

looking like it will be part of my post-zyflo attempt to keep polyps at

bay.

As for singulair -- while it doesn't seem to be quite as effective,

polyp-wise, as the zyflo was, it certainly keeps asthma symptoms off

the map. I'm experimenting with a few other possible 5-LO inhibitors:

1. Echninacea

2. Chamomile

3. Boswellium

4. Hyperforin (in St. 's Wort)

I'll let you know if I find any breakthroughs, but studies on

hyperforin suggest that it may be nearly as effective as Zyflo. here's

an abstract on the subject.

http://www.biozentrum.uni-frankfurt.de/PharmBiol/Abstracts/Hyperforin.html

teblake@... wrote:

I started taking singular about 10 months ago, just before I

go to bed. While I have had two surgeries and also take serevent,

nasonex pulmicort daily, I do feel the singular just before bed has

helped.

You might want to change your time frame Uta

[Guest guest]

> golfpingtec... I found your answer hopeful as I

> still go through 1/2 box of kleenex every night and

> cannot smell a thing. I have been taking singular

> in the morning ( maybe the wrong time to take it)

> and have never heard of reactin sinus?

> I love to try it if it worked for you...

> I assume it is presciption drug?

>

> Thanks

>

> Uta

reactine sinus we buy it over the counter in canada,its

an

allergy plus sinus tablet.

my ent wants me to take singular be fore bed time

[Guest guest]

I've been using the flovent inhaler with a baby nipple attached to it since I went off prednisone in August. I think it's helping but I'm just finishing a round with a sinus infection during which nothing helped. Good luck with it!

Janet