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Had cold/acute a week ago/used afrin (oxymetazoline). now v stuffed early ams/cant sleep/afrin (oxymetazoline) no help. sitting makes better. new productive cough. help w/breathing?
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Stop Afrin (oxymetazoline): After 3 days afrin tends to make post nasal drip worse. Your cough sounds like post nasal drip plus reflux, for which a decongestant plus nasal steroids and nasal washes usually works well. However, pertussis and a few other things should be checked, so get in and get seen.
Answered 10/4/2016
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