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Insufflating (snorting) amoxicillin? has anyone done that to treat sinusitis?

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YIKES: Nasal nebulized antibiotics have been tried, but there's no good evidence that they're any better than oral antibiotics. Crushing and snorting antibiotics sounds like a bad idea. You'd probably wind up swallowing most of it, anyway.

Answered 9/5/2016

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