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Otrivin Adult Metered Dose Nasal Spray

The fast-acting and long-lasting formula to unblock your nose.

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Otrivin Adult Nasal Sprays gets to work in 2 minutes and lasts up to 10 hours.

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Where can you find relief for your cold nasal symptoms? Otrivin can help

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A nasal spray may be the answer to unblock your nose

Young woman sneezes into a tissue as she tries to relieve her congested nose.

Nasal drops may be the answer to treat your nasal congestion

Woman sneezing due to hay fever allergy, which might be produced by pollen inhalation.

What is the science behind hay fever and similar allergies?

Young woman points to her nose, an organ of the respiratory system that helps you breathe by filtering impurities from the air.

How do we breathe?

Mature Woman rubs her nose for persistent congestion symptoms.

What is recurrent congestion?

Older woman clearing her nose of air pollution as she avoids cars and traffic on the other side of a small wooded area.

How can i help prevent air pollution?

Young man in the middle of a forest breathes fresh air, as he is not exposed to air pollution.

What are the causes of air pollution?

Older woman breathes deeply after probably cleaning her nasal passages of air pollutants with Otrivin Breathe Clean.

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References:

Eccles R, Martensson K, Chen S. Effects of intranasal xylometazoline, alone or in combination with ipratropium, in patients with common cold. Curr Med Res Opin. 2010;26:889–899.
Hayden FG, Diamond L, Wood P, et al. Effectiveness and safety of intranasal ipratropium bromide in common colds. Ann Intern Med. 1996:125:89-97.

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S1 Otrivin Adult Drops. Each 1 ml contains 1 mg of xylometazoline hydrochloride. Preservative: benzalkonium chloride 0.01 % m/v. Reg. no.: H/16.1/1382.
S1 Otrivin Adult Nasal Metered-dose Spray. Each 1 ml contains 1 mg of xylometazoline hydrochloride. Preservative: benzalkonium chloride 0.01 % m/v. Reg. no.: H/16.1/1382.

* class-specific comparison (topical vs systemic decongestant)

Ref 1. Eccles R. Over the counter medicines for colds. In: Common Cold. Eccles R & Weber O, eds. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser Verlag; 2009. (see reference here)

Ref 2. Eccles R, Eriksson M, Garreffa S, et al. The nasal decongestant effect of xylometazoline in the common cold. Am J Rhinol. 2008;22(5):491–6 (see reference here)

S1 OTRIVIN Menthol Nasal Metered-dose Spray. Each 1 ml contains 1 mg of xylometazoline hydrochloride. Preservative: benzalkonium chloride 0.01% m/v. Reg. no.: 31/16.1/0319.
S1 OTRIVIN Paed. Drops. Each 1 ml contains 0,5 mg of xylometazoline hydrochloride. Preservative: benzalkonium chloride 0.01 % m/v. Reg. no.: H/16.1/1381.
S1 OTRIVIN Paed. Nasal Metered-dose Spray. Each 1 ml contains 0, 5 mg of xylometazoline hydrochloride. Preservative: Benzalkonium chloride 0.01 % m/v. Reg. no.: H/16.1/1381.

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Company reg. no.: 2014/173930/07. For full prescribing information refer to the professional information approved by the medicines regulatory authority Always read label prior to use.

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Date of approval of PIL:
Otrivin Menthol Nasal Metered-Dose Spray: 15 January 2019
Otrivin Adult Drops, Otrivin Adult Nasal Metered-Dose Spray, Otrivin Paed. Drops, Otrivin Paed. Metered-Dose Spray: 8 October 2018