The preparation "Rinostop" defines the instructions for use as a combined agent with analgesic, antipyretic, sedative, vasoconstrictive, bronchodilating, antihistamine and antitussive effects. The use of this medication allows for a fairly short time to completely eliminate the symptoms of a cold, reduce hyperemia and swelling of the mucous surface of the paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx and nasal cavity, narrow the vessels, and also reduce the severity of allergic reactions. In addition, the combined tool "Rinostop" (instructions for use explains this with its composition) reduces capillary permeability and inhibits the symptoms of rhinitis: itching, rhinorrhea and sneezing. As for the pharmacokinetic characteristics of this analgesic drug, it begins to act only twenty to thirty minutes after use, while the duration of the effect lasts for four to five hours.
This vasoconstrictor is produced mainly in the form of nasal drops - 0.1% or 0.05%. In addition, on sale today you can find tablets with the same name. The composition of this drug as an active element includes such a substance as xylometazoline hydrochloride. Rinostop drops are packaged, the price of which is about twenty-five to thirty rubles, in dropper bottles.
Specialists generally recommend using this analgesic and antihistamine drug to relieve painful symptoms in acute allergic rhinitis and a variety of respiratory diseases that are accompanied by a runny nose. In addition, Rinostop drops are prescribed by the instruction for use in combination with other medicines for sinusitis and otitis media. Quite often this vasoconstrictor is used to facilitate a procedure such as rhinoscopy.
Also, the manufacturer recommends using this combined preparation for frontal sinusitis, ethmoiditis, and maxillary sinusitis in order to normalize the outflow of contents from the paranasal sinuses susceptible to inflammation. And finally, Rinostop nasal drops are actively prescribed for influenza and SARS, which occur with pronounced symptoms of rhinitis.
The use of this vasoconstrictor and bronchodilating agent is strictly contraindicated in the case of the patient having arterial hypertension, hyperthyroidism, glaucoma or hypersensitivity to xylometazoline hydrochloride. The Rinostop analgesic drops are not recommended for use in patients with severe atherosclerosis, atrophic rhinitis, and tachycardia. After various kinds of surgical interventions on the meninges, it is also worth abandoning the use of this vasoconstrictor drug. In addition, the list of contraindications includes age up to two years. And finally, with extreme caution, you should use this combination tool to people with a diagnosis of diabetes.