This medication is used for temporary relief of congestion in the nose caused by various conditions including the common cold, sinusitis, hay fever, and allergies. It works by narrowing the blood vessels in the nose area, reducing swelling and congestion.

Do not use for more than 3 days. Using Vicks Sinex (oxymetazoline (nasal)) too often or for longer than you have been told may cause nose stuffiness to happen again or get worse. This medicine may cause harm if swallowed or if too much is used. The chance is higher in children.

Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects. Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: slow/fast/pounding heartbeat, dizziness, nausea, headache, mental/mood changes, trouble sleeping, shaking (tremors), unusual sweating, unusual weakness.

Vicks sinex nasal spray should be used with caution by People with high blood pressure (hypertension). People with an overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism). People with diabetes. People with raised pressure in the eyeball (closed angle glaucoma).

And it actually clears everything that's congested. Here's another thing you can try tip your head back and pinch your nose. And hold your breath as long as you possibly.

Keep nasal passages moist

1. Use a humidifier or vaporizer.
2. Take long showers or breathe in steam from a pot of warm (but not too hot) water.
3. Drink lots of fluids.
4. Use a nasal saline spray.
5. Try a neti pot , nasal irrigator, or bulb syringe.
6. Use a bioelectronic sinus device.
7. Place a warm, wet towel on your face.

Sinex Nasal Spray is used to treat nasal congestion and sinus pressure caused by allergies, the common cold, or the flu. Phenylephrine may be used to treat congestion of the tubes that drain fluid from your inner ears, called the eustachian (yoo-STAY-shun) tubes.

If a nasal decongestant spray is a fixture in your medication lineup, it's important to know that using these sprays for more than three consecutive days can actually worsen your congestion. "This side effect of nasal decongestant sprays is called rebound congestion," says Dr.

And it actually clears everything that's congested. Here's another thing you can try tip your head back and pinch your nose. And hold your breath as long as you possibly.

Drowsiness, dizziness, blurred vision, upset stomach, nausea, nervousness, or dry mouth/nose/throat may occur. If any of these effects last or get worse, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.

2 or 3 sprays in each nostril, not more often than every 10 to 12 hours. Do not exceed 2 doses in 24 hours.

Examples of decongestants include the following.

1. Naphazoline. Naphazoline is usually an eye drop product.
2. Oxymetazoline. Oxymetazoline is a nasal spray.
3. Phenylephrine. Phenylephrine can ease stuffiness and sinus pressure and is available as a pill or a nasal spray.
4. Pseudoephedrine.