An attempt to get rid of nasal spray dependence

There are a lot of people who are addicted to decongestant nasal sprays. That can happen pretty fast. With a harmless cold, you take one of these little spray bottles by hand and get a lot of air again. Do you take it too long (after 10 days, the danger is already quite high) and suddenly stop it, swells the nose by the so-called "rebound effect" even more (so a kind of backlash of the body on a chemical substance) and zack - do you take it again, of course, to get air!

I know a lot of people there. One way next to which to go to the doctor is the following:

The so-called one-hole method (sounds like playing golf, but really means so!):
Spray the decongestant nasal spray always in one and the same nostril to get enough air (is sufficient). The other nostril can regenerate slowly and then take over the "function", while the second makes the "withdrawal cure".

By the way: in babies an overdose of nasal spray can lead to cardiac arrhythmias etc.!

Nasal Cleansing - Mayo Clinic | March 2024