I'm looking for advice about a medicine that my husband takes. It frequently causes tension between us and it's got worse over the last few months during lockdown. We've been married for 9 months.
He is north of 20 stone, has sleep apnoea and high blood pressure. He takes various medications and uses a CPAP machine. He talks about sometimes not being able to catch his breath, and uses Otrivine Allergy Relief (the yellow one) to supposedly get his breath back. He uses this spray several times a day, every single day, and has done for years.
The leaflet clearly says "one spray in each nostril, one to three times daily", and "do not use for more than 7 consecutive days". Am I being unreasonable to question his use of this spray? His breathing isn't what I would call normal, he quite often makes a noise that sounds like he's trying to breathe through his nose and mouth at the same time - I find it incredibly irritating to listen to.
I am almost positive that excess use of this spray is doing him more harm than good. In fact, early on in lockdown he wasn't using it as much and he actually lost weight. That was the only time he reduced his usage of it. Since he started using it more, he's put the weight back on. He eats healthy food, mostly fresh meat and vegetables (admittedly a massive amount), but he doesn't lose weight.
He won't listen to me when I voice my concerns about the spray. I've tried offering alternative solutions, like a salt spray, but he's not interested. And he won't talk to his doctor because he knows he'd be told to stop using the spray.
It's much more irritating now probably because of lockdown and I hear the snorts and sniffs upwards of 18 hours a day. But surely there's something better he could be doing?