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    Quote Originally Posted by jlwilson View Post
    I prefer phenylephrine nasal spray. oxymetazoline takes too long to relieve the congestion. I also try to only use it at night, but some days I need to use it during the day. I’ve tried doing a nasal lavage, but it just doesn’t seem to make a difference.
    Phenylephrine only lasts a few hours, and I'd like to stay asleep all night. I have the patience to wait the 5-7 minutes for oxymetazoline to provide the dilation, since I'm taking it for the benefits it provides for the whole night.

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    Worth mentioning Claritin D along with the afrin is awesome for this. I get the 12 hour and use it when I'm feeling extra plugged or want to ensure I get a great night of sleep.

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    Rip, when you say “nightly spray” is that the oxymetazoline or some other spray? And is the morning nasal saline clean out a Neti pot type thing?
    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
    I have been using oxymetazoline for 35 years. I use it only at night before I go to bed. If I don't use it, I don't sleep, so I keep a supply on hand in case Joe Brandon decides that he knows better than I do. My ENT guy says he can see changes in the mucosa, but he's not worried about it. I have perceived no trouble from using it, and I wish I had started doing my morning saline nasal cleanout and nightly spray about 10 years earlier. I have never heard of the shit your smelly buddy uses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smyth View Post
    Rip, when you say “nightly spray” is that the oxymetazoline or some other spray? And is the morning nasal saline clean out a Neti pot type thing?
    Yes. As I said, "I have been using oxymetazoline for 35 years. I use it only at night before I go to bed." I use a coffee cup of saline in the morning. Not coffee, saline.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
    Yes. As I said, "I have been using oxymetazoline for 35 years. I use it only at night before I go to bed." I use a coffee cup of saline in the morning. Not coffee, saline.
    Okay, sorry, I didn’t know Oxymetazoline was a spray.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rumata View Post
    Interesting topic, the blood pressure. The doctors told my mom when I was born I wouldn't live for 6 month,my heart was so fucked up. I've lived to be 36, my blood pressure never dropping below 145, and still here I am lifting relatively heavy and drinking relatively not moderately. Do you guys think I should get on some kind of blood pressure medication? I really want to make it to 45. I think we have interesting times ahead of us.
    If you were "supposed to be" dead 35 and a half years ago and have made it this far without them, I'd personally be very reluctant to start messing around with my cardiovascular system unless I had a very good reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
    Yes. As I said, "I have been using oxymetazoline for 35 years. I use it only at night before I go to bed." I use a coffee cup of saline in the morning. Not coffee, saline.
    May I ask what saline you use?

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    I put some salt in a coffee cup, and add water until it's isotonic.

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