Nasometin Control 50mcg Aerosol 17g — Made in Poland by Sandoz — Free Delivery

Product description

Nasometin Control contains the active substance mometasone furoate, a corticosteroid medicine. Mometasone furoate sprayed into the nose can help relieve inflammation (swelling and irritation of the nasal mucosa).

Dosage

Always use this medicine exactly as described in the package leaflet or as directed by your doctor or pharmacist. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure.

The recommended dose in adults aged 18 years and over is two sprays in each nostril once a day.

When you feel better, you can reduce the dose to one spray in each nostril once a day and if your symptoms get worse, increase it again to two sprays in each nostril once a day.

In some patients, Nasometin Control improves 12 hours after the first dose, although the full benefit of treatment may not be realized until two days after the first dose.

Composition

The active substance is mometasone furoate. Each spray contains 50 micrograms of mometasone furoate (as mometasone furoate monohydrate). The total weight of the suspension in one spray is 100 mg.

The other ingredients are: microcrystalline cellulose, sodium carmellose, glycerol, citric acid monohydrate, sodium citrate, polysorbate 80, benzalkonium chloride, water for injections.

Indications

Nasometin Control is used to treat the symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis (also known as hay fever) in adults aged 18 years and over who have been diagnosed with a doctor.

Contraindications

Do not use Nasometin Control

- if you are allergic to mometasone furoate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.

- if you have an untreated infection of the lining of the nose. Using Nasometin Control during such an infection (e.g. herpes) may worsen the course of the disease. Wait until the infection is resolved with the nasal spray.

- if you have recently had nasal surgery or trauma to the nose. You must not use the nasal spray until your nose has healed.

Side effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

Immediate hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions, including severe ones, may occur after using this medicine. If you develop any of these symptoms, stop taking Nasometin Control and seek medical attention immediately:

- swelling of the face, tongue or throat

- difficulty swallowing

- hives

- wheezing or difficulty breathing.

Long-term use of high doses of corticosteroid nasal spray can cause side effects due to absorption of the preparation into the body.

Other side effects

Common side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):

- Headache

- sneezing

- epistaxis

pain in the nose

- nasal ulceration

- respiratory tract infection.

Not known side effects (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data):

- increased pressure in the eye (glaucoma) and / or cataracts causing disturbance in smoking

- blurred vision

- damage to the nasal septum

- changes in taste and smell

- difficulty breathing and / or wheezing.

Warnings and Precautions

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using Nasometin Control if you:

- has or has had tuberculosis in the past;

- has any other infection;

- is receiving other corticosteroids (by mouth or injection);

- has cystic fibrosis.

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist while taking Nasometin Control if:

- the patient's immune system is not working properly (the patient has difficulty fighting the infection) and the patient is in contact with someone who has measles or chickenpox. Contact with such persons should be avoided;

- you have an infection in your nose or throat;

- the patient uses the preparation for a month without consulting a doctor;

- you have persistent nose or throat irritation.

If you experience blurred vision or other visual disturbances, please contact your doctor.

Long-term use of high doses of corticosteroid nasal spray can cause side effects due to absorption of the preparation into the body.

If the patient experiences itching or irritation of the eyes, your doctor may advise you to use other medicines besides Nasometin Control.

Use of other preparations 

Tell your doctor or pharmacist about all the preparations you are taking, or have recently taken, and about any preparations you plan to take, including over-the-counter preparations.

Certain preparations may increase the effect of Nasometin Control. Your doctor may want to closely monitor you when you are taking these medicines (including some medicines used to treat HIV infection: ritonavir, cobicistat).

If you are using other corticosteroids by mouth or injection to treat your allergy, your doctor may advise you to stop taking them when you start taking Nasometin Control.

Some patients may experience side effects such as joint or muscle pain, weakness and depression after stopping taking oral corticosteroids or injection. Other allergic symptoms such as itching, watery eyes, or red itchy patches of skin may also occur. If you get any of these symptoms, please contact your doctor.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

There is no or little information about the use of Nasometin Control in pregnant women.

It is not known whether mometasone furoate is excreted in human milk.

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.

Use of the preparation in children and adolescents

Nasometin Control should not be used in children and adolescents under 18 years of age.