Clarinaze Allergy Nasal Spray – 140 Dose
£17.99
Clarinaze Allergy Control 0.05% Nasal Spray is used to treat and prevent symptoms of allergic rhinitis in adults, following a clinical assessment.
It contains mometasone furoate, a corticosteroid that works by reducing inflammation in the nasal passages, helping to relieve a blocked or runny nose, sneezing, and irritation.
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What is Clarinaze Allergy Control?
Clarinaze Allergy Control 0.05% Nasal Spray contains mometasone furoate, a corticosteroid. When sprayed into the nose, it helps reduce inflammation, swelling, and irritation, relieving sneezing, itching, and a blocked or runny nose.
What is Clarinaze Allergy Control used for?
Clarinaze Allergy Control is used to treat nasal symptoms of hay fever (seasonal allergic rhinitis) and year-round (perennial) allergic rhinitis in adults aged 18 years and over.
- Hay fever occurs at certain times of the year and is triggered by pollen from trees, grasses, weeds, as well as mould and fungal spores.
- Perennial allergic rhinitis can happen throughout the year and may be caused by dust mites, pet hair or dander, feathers, or certain foods.
Clarinaze Allergy Control works by reducing swelling and irritation in the nasal passages, helping to relieve sneezing, itching, congestion, and a runny nose caused by these allergies.
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Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure how to use this medicine.
The recommended dose for adults:
Two sprays into each nostril once a day
- Once your nasal symptoms are under control, you may reduce the dose to one spray into each nostril once a day.
- Use the lowest possible dose to control your symptoms.
- Do not use more than four sprays in a day.
- Do not use more than the recommended dose.
If your symptoms have not improved within 14 days, you should see your doctor or pharmacist.
In some patients Clarinaze Allergy Control begins to relieve nasal symptoms within 12 hours after the first dose; however full benefit of treatment may not be seen in the first two days. Therefore, you should continue regular use to achieve the full benefit of treatment.
If you use more Clarinaze Allergy Control than you should
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you accidentally use more than this leaflet recommends.
If you use steroids for a long time or in large amounts they may, rarely, affect some of your hormones.
If you forget to use Clarinaze Allergy Control
If you forget to use your nasal spray at the right time, use it as soon as you remember, then carry on as before. Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.
If you stop using Clarinaze Allergy Control
In some patients Clarinaze Allergy Control should begin to relieve symptoms 12 hours after the first dose; however full benefit of treatment may not be seen for up to two days. It is very important that you use your nasal spray regularly. If you stop treatment before the end of the allergy season your symptoms may reoccur.
If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. Some of the side effects are temporary with continued treatment or disappeared when treatment is stopped.
Side Effects
Common
- Headache
- Sneezing
- Nose bleeds
- Sore nose or throat
- Ulcers in the nose
- Respiratory tract infection
Frequency Not Known
- Increase in pressure in the eye (glaucoma) and/or cataracts causing visual disturbances
- Damage to the partition in the nose which separates the nostrils
- Changes in taste and smell
- Difficulty in breathing and/or wheezing
- Blurred vision
Serious Side Effects
Immediate hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions may occur after use of this product. These reactions may be severe. You should stop taking Clarinaze Allergy Control and get immediate medical help if you experience symptoms such as:
- swollen face, tongue or pharynx
- trouble swallowing
- hives
- wheezing or trouble breathing
Stop taking the medicine and tell your doctor if you experience:
- eye problems such as pain or blurred vision.
- nasal problems such as pain and/or persistent bleeding.
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme, website: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store. By reporting side effects, you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
Warning & Precautions
Do not use Clarinaze Allergy Control
- if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to mometasone furoate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine
- if you have an untreated infection in your nose. Use of Clarinaze Allergy Control during an untreated infection in your nose, such as herpes, can worsen the infection. You should wait until the infection is resolved before you start using the nasal spray.
- if you have recently had an operation on your nose or you have injured your nose. You should not use the nasal spray until your nose has healed.
- if you are under 18 years of age.
- if you are pregnant or breastfeeding without talking to your doctor first.
- for more than 3 months without consulting your doctor.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using Clarinaze Allergy Control
- if you have or have ever had tuberculosis.
- if you have any other infection.
- if you are taking other corticosteroid medicines, either by mouth or by injection.
- if you have cystic fibrosis.
While you are using Clarinaze Allergy Control, talk to your doctor or pharmacist if your immune system is not functioning well (you have difficulty fighting infection) and you come into contact with anyone with measles or chickenpox. You should avoid coming into contact with anyone who has these infections.
- if you have an infection of the nose or throat.
- if you have persistent irritation to the nose or throat.
- if you experience blurred vision or other visual disturbances.
When corticosteroid nasal sprays are used at high doses for long periods of time, side effects may occur due to the drug being absorbed in the body.
Age Restrictions
For adults over the age of 18 years
Other Medicines and Conditions
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines whilst using Clarinaze Allergy Control, including medicines obtained without a prescription.
Some medicines may increase the effects of Clarinaze Allergy Control and your doctor may wish to monitor you carefully if you are taking these medicines (including some medicines for HIV: ritonavir, cobicistat).
Talk to your pharmacist before using this medicine if you are taking any prescribed corticosteroid medicines (including eczema creams, asthma inhalers, injections, nasal sprays and eye or nose drops).
A few people may find that once they discontinue oral or injected corticosteroids they suffer from some undesirable effects, such as joint or muscular pain, weakness and depression.
You may also seem to develop other allergies, such as itchy, watering eyes or patches of red and itchy skin. If you develop any of these effects, you should contact your doctor or pharmacist.
Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Not recommended for use in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Patient Information Leaflet
https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.13697.pdf
Ingredients
- Active Ingredients: Mometasone furoate
- Other Ingredients: dispersible cellulose, glycerol, sodium citrate, citric acid monohydrate, polysorbate 80, benzalkonium chloride, purified water. This medicine contains 0.02 mg of benzalkonium chloride per spray.
Product Information
- Brand Name: Clarinaze
- Route of Administration: Nasal
- Legal Classification: P-med
- Strength: 0.05%
- Dosage Form: Nasal Spray
Storage
- Do not store the nasal spray above 25°C. Do not freeze it.
- The bottle should be used within 2 months of first opening.
- Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
- Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the bottle and carton after EXP. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
- Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help protect the environment.
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