People with chronic sinusitis experienced better relief when they used inhaled, rather than oral, antibiotics.

People with chronic sinusitis experienced better relief when they used inhaled, rather than oral, antibiotics.
Sinusitis is an inflammation of the spaces surrounding the nasal passages, causing pain, congestion and often severely impairs quality of life. Treatment is often by oral antibiotics, but these cause severe side effects such as nausea which compound the problem.

Now researchers at Stanford University reveal that nebulized antibiotics - where the drug is formulated as an inhaled spray - seems to give better results. A group of 42 patients tried the nebulizer treatment and 76 per cent enjoyed a significant improvement in their symptoms. What is more, they remained free from infection for an average of 17 weeks, compared to six weeks using conventional treatment. It's thought that nebulized antibiotics work better because they deliver a dose of the drug direct to the infected area, rather than dispersing it around the body as with oral antibiotics.

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Stanford University Medical Center 26th December 2002