About 3 weeks ago, I got a sinus
infection. I thought, alright if it
doesnt clear up soon I will go see a
doctor. Sure enough the yellow mucus
insisted on staying with me, as did the
other symptoms of a sinus infection and as
a result it only got worse and I ended up
taking a three course treatment of
zithromax, aka z-pac. After the second
day of antibiotics I started to feel
better, except for an annoying post nasal
drip, a constaint river of white musus
flowing down my throat that kept me
coughing all night. Soon after I finished
the antibiotics, I started to feel crumby
again and relapsed. Going to the doctor a
second time he said the infection was
still there and was prescribed tequin 400
mg tablets with entex asp. Surely but
slowly I got better and the yellow musus
stopped again. Now I feel nearly 100% but
it has been a week since I have had this
awful infection and I still have this
annoying post nasal drip. And I feel
sorta crumby from time to time. So I went
in a third time, yes a third one, and the
doctor told me that antibiotics were not
the answer (thank god) and he gave me
astelin nasal spray for the post nasal
drip, flounase for the inflamation, and
singulair for the something else. I dont
know why I have singulair, because it is
primarily for asthma. After taking these
nasal sprays, especially the astelin, I
feel really drowsy, and often feel that
the only things that give me energy are
sleep.
My question is it common for the post
nasal drip to continue on for this long
after a sinus infection? (over a week,
with nearly no improvement)
and if anyone has been on astelin before,
have you ever gotten used to the side
effects?
