Re: Phenylcarbinol in saline nasal spray? Benzyl alcohol

[Guest guest]

My son's autumn sinus issues have ended now with the first frost. He and I have

mild seasonal environmental allergies to a few outdoor plants, as yet

unidentified.

The furnace in our latest house has a built-in humidifier, thank heavens.

Phenylcarbinol is a synonym for benzyl alcohol. The link below may explain my

post last year about " mothball breath " :

http://chemicalland21.com/industrialchem/solalc/BENZYL%20ALCOHOL.htm

" Primary and secondary alcohols can be oxidized

to aldehydes and ketones respectively.

Carboxylic acids are obtained from oxidation

of aldehydes. "

Any chemists out there?

- Hokkanen

Re: Phenylcarbinol in saline nasal spray?

Posted by: " Jada " paxlforme@... paxlforme

Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:45 am (PST)

-I'm not sure where you live, but a humidifier would work excellent.

I have one on my furnace and this solved our dry sinus problems during

the winter. We are in the NE so it gets awful dry here in the winter.

When my kids were babies and got congested, I made saline drops from

filtered water and salt. You can buy a small glass bottle with dropper

at the HFS and put that in the bottle. This worked well to moisturize

and to clear out dried gook. One or two drops per nostril.

For the postnasal drip, they need to figure out why he has that all

the time. Food allergy? Household allergy? etc.

-- In , " Hokkanen " <nhokkanen@...>

wrote:

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> Ostensibly to minimize sinus congestion and postnasal drip.

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> It would be easier teaching a goat how to use a neti pot.

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> - Hokkanen

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> Posted by: " Largey " l.largey@... l.largey

> Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:47 pm (PST)

> what is he using this spray for?

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> [ ] Phenylcarbinol in saline nasal spray?

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> Is Phenylcarbinol in saline nasal spray problematic for a child with

phenol sulfotransferase deficiency?

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> My son has been using the spray twice daily at the recommendation of

his pediatrician. We use Walgreens nasal moisturizing spray, which is

preserved with phenylcarbinol and benzalkonium chloride. It also

contains monosodium phosphate and disodium phosphate, in addition to

good ol' sodium chloride at 0.65%.

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> I realize that in the past -- and possibly the present -- some

saline nasal sprays used Thimerosal as a preservative. And that

ingredient wasn't listed on the label. Marvelous.

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> - Hokkanen

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