There is a nasal spray version. I use it prn mainly at night as it helps with potential minor allergy congestion. It's a synthetic corticosteroid and helps the nasal passages by reducing any potential swelling. I would assume given in this instance with a deviated septum diagnosis perhaps the idea was to reduce any potential swelling in the nasal mucosa which would in turn help reduce any nasal breathing issues. In other words...maybe help open up the nasal passages a bit so the deviated septum isn't as much of a problem. Of course it can't fix the deviated septum but might make it not so problematic.zoocrewphoto wrote:I use that medication for my asthma, so I am puzzled why that would be given for a deviated septum. I have noticed that I do breathe better through my nose than before, and that surprised me. I don't know about yours, but I inhale it through my mouth, to go into my lungs. I have no idea why it would help my nasal passages. But it does seem to.
When you use in in your inhaler I suspect a little of it makes its way up to your nasal mucosa and nasal passages and any potential swelling in there is reduced by the corticosteroid properties and that's why it helps your nasal passages.