BENACORT® Nasal Spray – 24hr Hay Fever Relief – Alcohol Free – Fragrance Free – Budesonide Nasal Spray – 60 Sprays, 10ml

Product Information

You may not feel the medicine working for the first few days. It takes a few days to feel the full protective effect of this nasal spray,

If you forget to use your spray, use it as soon as you remember, unless it's almost time for your next dose. If this happens, skip the missed dose and have your next one at the usual time. Benacort Nasal Spray Patient Information Leaflet: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.10205.pdf Speak with your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have taken, or are intending to take any other medicines. Particularly, corticosteroid medicines, which include asthma inhalers, eczema creams, nasal sprays, injections, tablets, and eye/nose drops. In cases of clinically significant adrenal suppression, additional systemic corticosteroid cover should be considered during periods of stress or elective surgery. Do not use more than two sprays into each nostril in a day. Do not use it continuously for more than 1 month.

How does Benacort Nasal Spray work?

Put the tip of the nozzle into 1 nostril, being careful to keep it pointing towards the side of the nostril and not the middle (nasal septum). If you forget to use your nasal spray just leave out the forgotten dose. Don't use a double dose to make up for a missed dose. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor if you get any of the following while using Benacort® Hayfever Relief: If you prefer to use Benacort once a day, use two sprays into each nostril in the morning. Once your symptoms are under control you can reduce the dose to one spray in each nostril in the morning.

Gently shake the bottle, remove the cap and keep upright. Pump the nozzle until it starts to spray mist. Budesonide is moderately lipophilic and systemic exposure is primarily due to its rapid absorption through the nasal mucosa. The systemic bioavailability of budesonide following intranasal administration is 6 to 16%. If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your pharmacist or doctor for advice before using this medicine. Benacort nasal spray contains the active ingredient budesonide, which is a type of medicine called a corticosteroid (or steroid for short). It works by reducing allergic reactions and inflammation in the nasal passages.a. The patient should be instructed to blow their nose before using this medicine. Then the bottle needs to be shaken and the protective cap removed. The metabolism of budesonide is primarily mediated by CYP3A enzymes. Co-treatment with CYP3A inhibitors, e.g. itraconazole, ketoconazole, clarithromycin, HIV protease inhibitors e.g. atazanavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir and saquinavir, and cobicistat-containing products, are expected to increase the risk of systemic side effects (see section 4.4). Concomitant use of this product with HIV medicines is contraindicated (see section 4.3). The combination of this medicine with potent CYP3A inhibitors should be avoided unless the benefit outweighs the increased risk of systemic corticosteroid side effects, in which case patients should be monitored for systemic corticosteroid side effects. The interaction is of limited clinical importance for short-term (1-2 weeks) treatment with itraconazole or ketoconazole or other potent CYP3A inhibitors but should be taken into consideration during long-term treatment. If this medicine is co-administered with anti-fungals (such as itraconazole or ketoconazole), the period between treatments should be as long as possible. A reduction of the budesonide dose should be considered It's most effective to start using Benacort a few days before you expect to get symptoms, for example before the start of the pollen season. Then keep using it regularly every day while you're still being exposed to the type of pollen that gives you hay fever. Try and stay indoors and avoid grassy areas when the pollen count is high. The pollen count is a measure of how much pollen is in the air and it’s usually highest on hot, sunny days.

Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects known to be associated with Benacort. Just because a side effect is stated here doesn't mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect. After using your spray, wipe the nozzle with a clean tissue and replace the cap. How long to use it for b. Holding the bottle upright, with one finger held on either side of the nozzle, the patient should insert the tip of the nozzle into one nostril. The nozzle should be directed to the side of the nose, and away from the middle of the nose (the nasal septum). The nozzle should be pressed down once or twice depending on the dose required. The spray should then be administered into the other nostril in the same way. Note: it is not necessary to inhale at the same time as spraying. Based on data from inhaled budesonide and the fact that budesonide exhibits linear PK properties within the therapeutic dosage intervals after nasal, inhaled, oral and rectal administrations, at therapeutic dose of budesonide, exposure to the breast-fed child is anticipated to be low.

you're breathing very fast or struggling to breathe (you may become very wheezy or feel like you're choking or gasping for air)