Triamcinolone nasal spray is licensed for the treatment of seasonal and perennial nasal allergy symptoms. By reducing inflammation, the medicine can help relieve itching, sneezing, and stuffy or runny nose. Triamcinolone nasal spray, which is available by prescription, is typically used once a day. Most people tolerate the drug well, but side effects can include sore throat, cough, and nosebleed.
What Is Triamcinolone Nasal Spray?
Triamcinolone nasal spray (
Nasacort AQ®) is a prescription drug licensed to treat sneezing, runny or stuffy nose, and nasal itching due to
allergies (known medically as allergic rhinitis) in adults and children as young as six years old. Triamcinolone nasal spray can be used to treat both allergies that occur all year long (known as perennial allergies) and seasonal allergies.
Who Makes Triamcinolone Nasal Spray?
Triamcinolone nasal spray is made by sanofi-aventis.
How Does Triamcinolone Nasal Spray Work?
Allergies occur when a person's immune system reacts to normally harmless substances that do not bother most people. This immune system reaction is known as inflammation and involves several different types of cells and several different chemicals in the body.
Triamcinolone nasal spray is a corticosteroid, or simply "steroid" for short. Steroids can have many different effects in the body, including anti-inflammatory effects. Steroids decrease inflammation by limiting the body's ability to produce an immune system reaction. They can be effective for treating conditions such as allergies. However, long-term use can cause bothersome and sometimes serious side effects, and this limits the usefulness of many steroids. Because triamcinolone nasal spray is sprayed into the nose, its effects are generally limited to this area. This helps prevent many of the long-term side effects of steroids.
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