Nasal Relief (Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray)

Member Name: liquidus1000

Product:	Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray
Date:	19/12/05 (502 review reads)
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Advantages: Fast blockage relief

Disadvantages: The new bottle isn't as good

I am not the type of person that buys cold medicines or flu tablets very often. I have paracetamol for bad head aches or ear aches and I also buy tablets for my hay fever (and once I bought some bits for diarrhoea). I prefer to just let the illness take its course.
So why did I buy Sinex?

Well after my hay fever in 2004 I found that my nose felt blocked and sore and never seemed to be as clear as usual. At first I thought it was just my hay fever but it continued until the next year. It was getting frustrating and my girlfriend was getting annoyed at my sniffing in the mornings. So while at my local garage/mini-mart I came across Sinex. It was about £3.50 and stated that it cleared your nose from Colds, Hay fever and Sinusitis. So I thought "Why not?"

The spray comes in a small squeezy bottle about the size of a Tip-Ex bottle, but flatter rather than round. It holds 20ml of the nasal spray. Underneath the screw cap is a rounded ball point where the nasal spray squirts from. To release the spray, just give the bottle a squeeze.

To use Sinex, insert the end up your nose and squeeze the bottle. For bad blockage use two shots. Breathe deeply through your nose after each shot to ensure that it spreads throughout your nostrils. Repeat in the other nostril. You can take Sinex up to twice a day with at least six hours intervals between shots.

Sinex is very simple to use and has no after taste to it unlike its predecessor. You can hardly feel the spray enter your nose, which can be a problem because you are not sure whether or not anything has gone up there! It has an almost instant effect; you can breathe much easier right from the start, and the effects last for a number of hours. When you use Sinex you are treated with that cool sensation in your nose that products like Airwaves produce. Lovely!

I won't bore you with a list of every ingredient, because if you are like me you won't have a clue what they mean, and you won't really care....!!! As with most medicines you should not use if you are pregnant or suffer from various health problems and consult your doctor if you are unsure whether you can use it.

I mentioned before about the previous version of Sinex. Well it came in a bottle with a push cap (i.e. the cap has little handles that you press with your fingers to release the spray). I found that this was a much better way to use as you always get the same dosage and you can feel it go up your nose. The downside was that it had a nasty after taste in the back of your throat about two minutes after usage. So although I prefer the old shape, the content is much improved.

Overall: I can't compare this to any other product because to be fair I haven't tried any! But I find that it is excellent for a blocked nose in the mornings and is excellent for getting rid of a runny nose. I don't remember the exact price I paid for it, but I am sure it was just under £2
I know this hasn't been a long review, but to be honest there isn't really anything else of importance that I can think of writing. All I can do is recommend this to anybody with a blocked or runny as I found that it helps a great deal!

Summary: Fast effective relief, Recommended