Problems with post nasal drip..can anyone help

[jennielynn1970]

I'd try that will dry you up a little. I've been using the generic of Zyrtec. It's not too bad.

If you get congestion in your chest, try Mucinex, with an expectorant. Normally that's what your post nasal drip can lead to, the chest congestion.

My mom's one friend swears by the Neti Pot, where you use the saline to irrigate the sinuses. I've found other types of applications other than the pot to do the irrigation. One was basically a squeeze bottle, and it works like a charm. Comes with premeasured salt packets for the saline solution. There are also great aerosol type can with saline in them. I use the Simply Saline brand. It's got a great nozzle on it.
Simply Saline

[carole]

Thanks all, i will give those ideas a go, i am doing an inhalation daily and taking an allergy pill nightly, which i do not want to keep taking all the time, feel a bit better today, i don't actually have a sinus infection, but of course it is all because of my sinuses i have these problems,here's hoping something works i am sick of having a sore throat and sore ear, no headaches so i guess that is something positive.

[Karen]

I take allergy medication all year round, that's all that keeps the congestion and post-nasal drip (and accompanying sore throat) away. The allergy meds I currently take have been discontinued by the manufaturer while they build a new plant (sigh) but a pharmacist suggested I try a combination of Coricidin and a Sudafed when my supply of Drixoril runs out.

[carole]

I do use a nasal spray for my allergy's all year round too, but this is the first time i have encountered this problem to this degree, it is always there now and does not seem to go away, despite me taking a allergy pill for the last week, and doing inhalations, i guess i will have to go see a doctor sooner or later, but i am in no hurry right now, forever hoping it will pass, drinking lots of water too, i read that helps break the mucous down,so here's hoping, thanks for all of your input everyone.

[jennielynn1970]

If you mean inhalations as in nasal spray, as in the medicated kind, did you know that you can end up using it too long and having the symptoms flare back up and be even worse?

I had use the prescription kind, Nasonex or something, and I didn't read the directions (oops), and it worked for the first week or so, but then got worse. Here you were supposed to use it for so many days, then off for so many, and back on, then off again.

I know they're all different, but just make sure if you are using the medicated sprays that this isn't happening to you.

[RedHedd]

Try the Neti pot or if you don't want to buy a special pot, use a measuring cup with a spout - makes it easier to get the saline solution up your nose. Basically, you're flushing out your sinuses with saline. Do it over a sink or in the shower - it's a messy process!

It helps keep my sinuses clear during the allergy time of the year. I do it regularly anyway as I was having horrible problems with sinus infections. No more infections since using the Neti pot (or method).

[columbine]

Drinking anything hot, either thermally (tea) or spicy (miso broth with a splash of tabasco) will loosen the secretions and make them more watery, so it's not so annoying in the back of your throat. Guaifenesin will do the same thing, but it's hard to find by itself except under the overpriced brand Mucinex (otherwise, it's usually mixed in cough syrups that make you feel like a zombie). I get it from guai-aid.com.

Love, Columbine