Overview
It is used for the prevention or treatment of allergic rhinitis for up to six months in adults and children 12 years of age and over.
Symptoms of allergic rhinitis can include:
- Stuffiness (congestion) in the nose
- Discharge, itching and sneezing
How it works
- Mometasone belongs to a family of medicines called corticosteroids.
- These medicines work by helping to reduce inflammation.
- There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.
- It may take a few days of use before you feel the full effects of the medicine.
- If you suffer moderate to severe symptoms, you may need to start treatment 2 - 4 weeks before the beginning of the pollen season
How to use this medicine
Follow carefully all the directions provided to you on the product packaging, the package insert and in this information leaflet. If you do not understand the instructions, ask your pharmacist or doctor for help.
Administration to children 12 years and over should be aided by an adult to ensure correct use.
How much to use
Adults and Children 12 years and over:
- The usual dose is two sprays into each nostril once a day. Once your symptoms have improved, you may be able to halve the dose to one spray into each nostril once a day. If symptoms get worse again, the dosage may be increased back to two sprays into each nostril once a day.
- Always use the lowest dose which controls your symptoms.
- Do not use in children under 12 years of age
How to use it
1. Shake the bottle gently and remove the dust cap.
2. Gently blow your nose.
3. Close one nostril with the opposite hand (left hand for right nostril, right hand for left nostril), and using your other hand, put the nozzle of the spray just inside the open nostril, aiming towards the outside wall of your nose.
4. Tilt your head forward slightly, keeping the bottle upright.
5. Start to breathe in gently or slowly through your nose and whilst you are breathing in, squirt a spray of fine mist into your nose by pressing down ONCE with your fingers. Avoid sniffing too hard as the contents are then likely to go straight down the throat.
6. Breathe out through your mouth. Repeat step 5 to inhale a second spray in the same nostril.
7. Remove the nozzle from this nostril and breathe out through the mouth.
8. Repeat steps 3 to 7 for the other nostril. After using the spray, wipe the nozzle carefully with a clean tissue and replace the dust cap
Ingredients
Each actuated spray contains 50 mcg of the active ingredient mometasone furoate.
It also contains the following inactive ingredients:
Citric acid, Glycerol, Microcrystalline cellulose, Carmellose sodium, Polysorbate 80, Sodium citrate.
This medicine is gluten-free, lactose- free, sucrose-free, tartrazine-free and free of other azo dyes.
