RE: Disinfecting is this okay?

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Many mouthwashes contain other ingredients that may be irritating. Thorough rinsing may preclude this.

Disinfecting is this okay?

Hi All,

Question: Every night I disinfect my NeilMed Sinus Rinse bottle by giving it a thorough swish of mouthwash. I rinse the bottle out really well before my sinus rinse.

Can anybody tell me that I should not do this (and why)? Is it any more toxic than using alcohol to rinse the bottle?

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I dont know about mouthwash, but it was recommended to me to use Grapefruit Seed Extract. It is a natural antibacterial. In fact, my doctor recommends putting a few drops of it in your solution that you irrigate with. I do think this helps. You can get it at a health food store or I can give you the number to an Environmental company here in Denver, Colorado that you can order it from. JaneRobin Deleuze <triadinfo06@...> wrote: Hi All, Question: Every night I disinfect my NeilMed Sinus Rinse bottle by giving it a thorough swish of mouthwash. I rinse the bottle out really well before my sinus rinse. Can anybody tell me that I should not do this (and why)? Is it any more toxic than using alcohol to rinse the bottle? Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search.

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yes my ent reccommended grapefruit extract to me as well. it is also an

anti-fungal which

is good for us. a good brand is by nutribiotic. there is also something called

argumax

sold at www.nationalallergysupply.com (by the way this an excellent place to buy

sinus

and allergy products) that is a combo of grapefruit seed and other

antibacterials that is

reccommended to put in irrigation solution. as for cleaning my irrigator, i

sometimes run

mine through the dishwasher.

> Hi All,

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> Question: Every night I disinfect my NeilMed Sinus Rinse bottle by giving

it a thorough

swish of mouthwash. I rinse the bottle out really well before my sinus rinse.

> Can anybody tell me that I should not do this (and why)? Is it any more

toxic than

using alcohol to rinse the bottle?

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I use the agrumax brand. I really like it. Janeelliecub <elliecub@...> wrote: yes my ent reccommended grapefruit extract to me as well. it is also an anti-fungal which is good for us. a good brand is by nutribiotic. there is also something called argumax sold at www.nationalallergysupply.com (by the way this an excellent place to buy sinus and allergy products) that is a combo of grapefruit seed and other antibacterials that is reccommended to put in irrigation solution. as for cleaning my

irrigator, i sometimes run mine through the dishwasher.> Hi All, > > Question: Every night I disinfect my NeilMed Sinus Rinse bottle by giving it a thorough swish of mouthwash. I rinse the bottle out really well before my sinus rinse. > Can anybody tell me that I should not do this (and why)? Is it any more

toxic than using alcohol to rinse the bottle? > > ---------------------------------> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. > > > > > ---------------------------------> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search.>

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I would

think if your bottle is very well rinsed after the mouthwash it should be

fine. The main issue would be burning I would think more than anything

because even if there is a little bit of residue, it would be very dilute when

you next irrigated.

While I don’t necessarily endorse

this practice for everyone, all I do to clean my Waterpik is rinse it with a

full reservoir of warm tap water after I use it to irrigate. I irrigate

twice a day. There was a discussion about this at some point in the past,

both the disinfecting and using straight, unfiltered, not boiled tap water.

I have cleaned my Waterpik a total of once with a small amount of bleach and

that was after having used it twice a day for over a year. So my personal

opinion is if whatever you are doing works, stick to it. I don’t

tend to be overly paranoid about germs and I don’t tend to get sick so I am

not going to start over sanitizing things. I have had 2 sinus infections

that I can recall since starting with the Waterpik and they were exactly one

year apart, to within like 2 days, which makes me think they were seasonal and

not related to anything else I was doing. I don’t recall having a

cold in that time period or any other illness.

K.

Disinfecting is

this okay?

Hi All,

Question:

Every night I disinfect my NeilMed Sinus Rinse bottle by giving it a

thorough swish of mouthwash. I rinse the bottle out really well before my

sinus rinse.

Can anybody tell me that I should not do this

(and why)? Is it any more toxic than using alcohol to rinse the

bottle?

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them fast with Search.