Journal Reviews

The hot nose

1 March 2018 | | capsaicin treatment, idiopathic rhinitis, mixed rhinitis, nasal hyper-reactivity, nonallergic rhinitis

Capsaicin nasal spray can offer moderate to significant symptomatic relief to 70-80% of patients with idiopathic rhinitis (IR). Efficacy was also shown in lab studies. Nasal hyper reactivity (NHR), absence of allergy / infective rhinosinusitis, age limits (18-60), no anatomical...