MOSCOW, Jan 22 Doctor and TV presenter Alexander Myasnikov said on the air of the Russia 1 channel about the ability of vasoconstrictor drops from a runny nose to cause addiction faster than drugs. “You drip (nasal drops. — Approx. Ed.), And it helps you, but what happens? When the effect of the drug ends, then, according to the physician, nasal congestion returns in a more severe form. After that, patients use the drops again, and everything repeats — addiction occurs. «This is called drug-induced rhinitis, it causes serious problems, because then you have to take hormones,» Myasnikov said.
Myasnikov called the most «insidious» productsThe doctor explained that addiction treatment takes several weeks, and called for the use of drops from the common cold for no more than three to five days in a row. In addition, the doctor named drugs that can cause nasal congestion. The list includes the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil, a number of drugs for hypertension, such as matoprolol and captopril, and estrogen. This side effect can also occur with ibuprofen and diclofenac. Among other things, nasal congestion can occur with some chronic diseases: gastroesophageal reflux, thyroid diseases and sarcoidosis.
