Best Sinus Medication
For decades, patients have relied on many types of sinus medication to achieve relief from sinusitis. These drugs may come as sinus over the counter medication or as prescription drugs.
Sinus relief begins with the treatment of the infection with antibiotics. Antibiotics are usually prescribed by the doctor so that they could monitor the patient's intake (which should not exceed the prescribed dosage and with an intake duration of between 14 to 21 days or longer as deemed necessary by the physician).
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Antibiotics that are commonly used to treat sinusitis are...
· Amoxicillin = For acute, uncomplicated sinusitis
· Co-trimoxazole (Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole or TMP/SMX) = For patients who are allergic to penicillin. However, this drug should not be given to patients with a known allergy to sulfur.
· Cephalosporins (Augmentin, Cefuroxime and Loracarbef) = For patients with partially untreated acute sinusitis or those with chronic sinusitis that is resistant to amoxicillin or co-trimoxazole.
Sinus Medication Decongestant
Sinus cold and headache is caused by congestion of the nasal passages and is usually treated with OTC decongestants. A prescription for oral steroids may be necessary in severe cases.
Good examples of OTC sinus medications for decongestion are drugs with pseudoephedrine or phenylephrine as active ingredients. Examples of pseudoephedrine-containing drugs are Sudafed, Drixine and Clarinase. Drugs with phenylephrine are Neozep and Dimetapp. Decongestants come in oral form or as nasal sprays.
How to Relieve Sinus Pain
Sinus Medication - Allergies
Sinus infection may be caused or aggravated by allergies. In allergy-related sinusitis, antihistamines may prove helpful, such as loratadine (Claritin), fexofenadine (Allegra) or desloratadine (Clarinex). OTC antihistamines like diphenhydramine (Benadryl) are no longer recommended for sinus infection because they thicken and dry out mucus, making it difficult to drain the nasal passages.
New OTC sinus medication has been developed that have decongestant and anti-allergy ingredients. Some of the popular combo sinus medications include the Advil Sinus brand of products and the all-natural Sinus Buster.
Before trying out any new sinus medication, it is strongly advised to consult with a doctor first if these new drugs are advisable to take.
