Prednisone vs my nose, 2:2
Monday, 25 November 2002 06:16![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pneFriday and Saturday evening, I used the prednisone spray my ENT doctor had prescribed for the first time. At first, I noticed no difference, but after about five minutes, my nose cleared up. However, the next morning it was stuffy again. Still, I hadn't expected it to last all night and into the beginning of the next day.
Last night, I tried it without the spray. Even though we had thrown out two pillows which had real feathers in them as well as all of our stuffed animals (Martin -- he of the userpic -- was most indignant) in an attempt to reduce allergens, my nose felt the same as always: mostly stuffed, occasionally clearing, usually only in one nostril. Have to see whether the health insurance will pay for two mattress covers (against mite droppings) and if so, what difference that'll make.
Oh, and the loratidine (known to some of you as Claritin) didn't seem to help all that much yesterday; my nose was still stuffy during the day. (Maybe it's good against irritated eyes or something, I don't know, but my most common hay-fever symptom is a blocked nose.) I'll have to talk to my ENT doctor about it when I see her again on Tuesday.
Last night, I tried it without the spray. Even though we had thrown out two pillows which had real feathers in them as well as all of our stuffed animals (Martin -- he of the userpic -- was most indignant) in an attempt to reduce allergens, my nose felt the same as always: mostly stuffed, occasionally clearing, usually only in one nostril. Have to see whether the health insurance will pay for two mattress covers (against mite droppings) and if so, what difference that'll make.
Oh, and the loratidine (known to some of you as Claritin) didn't seem to help all that much yesterday; my nose was still stuffy during the day. (Maybe it's good against irritated eyes or something, I don't know, but my most common hay-fever symptom is a blocked nose.) I'll have to talk to my ENT doctor about it when I see her again on Tuesday.
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Date: Monday, 25 November 2002 22:18 (UTC)Ah. I was going by what someone at work said about her allergy medicine, that she'd take one pill if she's visiting someone with cats and dogs, so I figured I'd only take one on a day where I needed it. But that could well have been a completely different drug. I'll have to read the package slip again.
Do the instructions say that you can skip doses of the prednisone? Skipping steroid doses can be dangerous.
Um, they don't say anything :( The spray bottle I got is not a brand-name one by a pharmaceutical company; I suspected the pharmacist made it themself. So it has a lable on the bottle but didn't come with an instruction sheet like commercial drugs.
But I have another appointment with my ENT doctor today; I'll have to ask her.
Thanks for your helpful comments, haela!