Nasal sprays in pregnancy?

[Mrs BB]

I recently had the worst flu and wasnt getting any better
The chemist recommended me a nasal spray I could use and everything was fine

[sunshine_sieben]

Briggsy's girl, yes, that's what my pharmacist told me when I was pregnant with DD. But saline is completely useless. I just wanted to know why the others are not reccommended.

Mrs BB, I might have to go and talk to another pharmacist, maybe they'll know. Can you remember the name of the spray you used?

Saša

[Mrs BB]

BB, I might have to go and talk to another pharmacist, maybe they'll know. Can you remember the name of the spray you used?

Sa?a

sorry hun! I cant remember and I no longer have the bottle
My mum went and got it for me, she would have made 199% sure it was safe
Will ask her if she remembers!

[-becky-]

Hey!

Yeah your supposed to only use Saline..... but....

That being said, I have bad sinuses and I used Sinex or Drixine the whole way through my pregnancies. Everything was fine with me and my babies. I just tried to use it as little as possible...

[tenar]

I'd talk to a pharmacist.

I'm using rhinocort, a nasal spray antihistamine, for hayfever. It's a class A drug when used as a spray because apparently not much of it gets absorbed into your bloodstream from your sinuses. Certainly it turned spring hayfever from unbearable into OK for me. My ob and a pharmacist agreed it would be OK for me to use.

So I gather that maybe it depends on the drug, but certainly some nasal sprays are relatively safe. Probably rhinocort doesn't help much with a cold, it's more for hayfever, but maybe there is something else that would help with a cold.

(Yay for class A drugs - not perfect, but not a big risk either - just like crossing the road!)

[Deejoy17]

I had my first OB appointment at 8 weeks and I had a very bad cold which wouldn`t go and like you I was so stuffed up in the nose and just couldn`t breath, I asked him if there was anything I could take, he said Beconase Nasal Spray was fine to use which is what I brought, oh the relief but then I went on to get infected sinuses so had to end up on antibiotics.

I hope your feeling better soon.

[Olive]

ive had the same problem, chronic blocked nose, getting worse, i used nasal spray for 3 days and it has made it worse! the one i had is safe to use though!

[Enchanted]

I agree with BG. Talk to the Pharmacist as I know that there are quite a few nose sprays on the market that have steroids in them.

Hope you're feeling better soon.