You’ve GOT to Stop Snoring?!

FITZGERALD ON PRODUCTS

I can think of Shakespeare’s Hamlet as he exclaims, “My fate cries out… ¹(for sleep!). If you want to help your spouse or housemates get more rest, here is a quick review of some products that have been known to not only help with snoring, but also with breathing and perhaps overall health.

Open Your Sinuses

Some people will be reviled at the idea of rinsing their nostrils, but as an asthmatic, anything that allows freer breathing is a plus, particularly when not impacting other elements of physiology.

I take a packet of NeilMed Sinus Rinse, nuke an 8 oz mug of filtered water for 22 seconds, add a packet of their basic formula, and proceed to inhale liquid up one nostril and out the other. Blowing my nose thoroughly and repeating with the other nostril, my sinuses are mercifully cleared.

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Maintain Clear Nasal Passages

With Flonase, you simply hold one nostril closed while spraying the product up the other nostril, and repeat on the other side. Flonase is not cheap, but it works.

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Maintain Free Breathing

Alvesco is the best asthma maintenance medication I’ve taken, having grown up with discontinued Marax, Theodur, which are products that make the heart race, or at least for me and many others per reporting.  Years later, I used a product on a par with Alvesco, but that has been discontinued in its original form, QVAR. With few side effects, Alvesco is a bit less expensive that QVAR was, and it seems to work just as well.

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Keep Nostrils Open

Mute Nasal Dilator‘s are not my best friend in the world, even though I want my mate to get more sleep at night with this snoring deterrent. Imagine you are going to bed, and you have to put plugs up your nostrils, to widen your ala², and in the night, sometimes they fall out, and are subject to being lost, or perhaps eaten by pets! I’ve heard evidence that they help somewhat, but for my money, the product below is more humane and more effective.

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Keep Nostrils Open Less Invasively

I don’t mind using Breathe Right Extra Strength Nasal Strips. This product can have a little “ouch” when you take it off in the morning if you’re not careful, but if you just take a few seconds, and maybe add some moisture, there’s a very slight skin peel, but it is really not bad, particularly because I am not really aware I have them on in the night, and for the first time in my life, I can often breathe with my mouth closed for some time.

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Footnotes:

¹Hamlet Act 1: Scene 4

²The Ala are the wings on the sides of your nose beside your nostril openings

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