We don't just treat the initial symptoms, we want to get you better permanently . It isn't easy. It means taking medications and sometimes altering various things about your lifestyle. It could be as simple as getting a vaporizer and putting it by your bedside so your nose and throat don't get dried out at night, or it may mean keeping a glass of water by your bedside. But sometimes it means making major lifestyle changes.
People often ask how long they have to take medications.
It is often for weeks or months , but after a while, you usually can taper off the medications. Some people do need to have ongoing treatment, but obviously we would like to try to minimize that if at all possible. I talk to my patients about what can be done in order to do that. What is critically important though, is to get you over your sinusitis completely if it is at all possible. Of the commonly used medications, the ones we like to use as briefly as possible are the antibiotics.