What is the "Rinonorm" spray? The instruction on the use of this drug explains that "Rinonorm" is a compound developed for the treatment of ENT diseases in children.
Dosage nasal spray is easy to use, inexpensive, causes minimal amount of adverse side effects.
The main active substance of the medicine"Rinonorm," the instruction for use explains, is xylometazoline hydrochloride. In addition to it, water, citric acid, glycerol and citrate sodium dehydrate are included.
How does the "Rinonorm" drug work? The spray narrows the arterioles, quickly removes the swelling of the nasopharyngeal mucosa, reduces its inflammation. The medicine well reduces the amount of discharge from the nose.
Rinonorm solution, instruction for use isstresses, starts to act sensibly already in 5-6 minutes after nasal irrigation. It lasts for 8 hours. It is very important that the alpha-adrenomimetic "Rinonorm", the instruction explains this, not only facilitates breathing. It restores the patency of the eustachian tubes, sinuses, nasal apertures, providing increased access to air in them. It is this ability of the medication that prevents complications that may appear against the stasis of a mucous secretion.
The plus of the drug is that xylometazoline, having a beneficial effect on the mucous membranes, is not absorbed by the body and does not enter the blood.
Typically, the "Renonorm", the instruction for use indicates, use no more than three times a day.
It is important to remember that the use of the drug for more than a week in a row loses its usefulness: it is addictive, the drug no longer cope with the symptoms.
With more frequent use can, firstly, become addictive, and secondly, more severe consequences are possible.
In case of an overdose of the medicine "Rinonorm"the instruction for use warns, a sharp arrhythmia can occur that can lead to loss of consciousness or a rapid increase in pressure. In these cases, the intervention of doctors is necessary. As an aid in overdose, they should prescribe symptomatic treatment: washing, taking activated charcoal, laxative, as necessary, intubation, or connecting the patient to the ventilator.
Sometimes, the drug "Rinonorm" can, together withtherapeutic effect to produce unwanted side effects. From the use of the medicine may appear burning or itching in the nasopharynx, possibly the development of edema, reddening of the mucosa. From too frequent application of the spray, individual parts of the mucosa can atrophy, which, in turn, can lead to very unpleasant consequences.
Sometimes when treating with a spray tachycardia appears, fatigue, sleep disturbance, headache may appear. Occasionally, the pressure rises.
So when do you prescribe the medicine "Rinonorm"?Instruction for use notifies that it is advisable to prescribe when preparing the patient for surgical intervention on the nasopharynx or other manipulations. The drug is used to treat acute diseases: sinusitis, otitis media, bacterial or viral rhinitis, rhinitis allergic.
Analogues of the drug "Rinonorm" are the means"Galazolin", "Grippostad Reno", "Brizolin", drops "Toonos", "Xylen", "Influrin". The active substance of all these agents is also xylometazoline. However, replacing one medicine with another without a doctor's recommendation is not recommended. The composition of drugs other than the therapeutic substance includes other components that can provoke an undesirable reaction. It must be remembered that from side effects, it is even more difficult to get rid of, than from the symptoms of the underlying disease.
