Fluticasone Nasal Spray

You can use Fluticasone Nasal Spray any time of day, with or without food. There is no known reaction between Fluticasone Nasal Spray and food or drink.

If you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines, you should tell your doctor or pharmacist. This also includes medicines obtained without a prescription, and herbal medicines. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking Fluticasone Nasal Spray if you:

• have had steroids for a long time (either as injection or by your mouth)
• are taking a type of antiviral medicine known as protease inhibitors
• are taking certain medicines used to treat fungal infections

Fluticasone Nasal Spray is available to buy online from trusted pharmacies, such as e-Surgery.

You should look for the green GPhC and MHRA logo at the bottom of each page you visit when buying medication online, such as Fluticasone Nasal Spray. This ensures that the website is operating legally, and the medication is genuine.

The GPhC website will also tell you if a pharmacy is registered.

You should ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. You should not throw them away via wastewater or household waste. If you have been told to stop taking this medicine, return any unused spray to your pharmacist to be destroyed. 

These measures will help protect the environment.

Shake the bottle and remove the dust cap before each use. If it’s a new spray, or one you haven’t used for a few days, prime it first by pumping it a few times until a fine mist appears.

Blow your nose gently, then close one nostril with your finger and put the nozzle into the other nostril. Tilt your head forward slightly, keep the bottle upright, and breathe in slowly through your nose while pressing down firmly on the collar to release the spray. Breathe out through your mouth, then repeat for a second spray in the same nostril before moving to the other nostril.

The usual starting dose for adults is 2 sprays into each nostril once a day, preferably in the morning, up to a maximum of 8 sprays over 24 hours. Once your symptoms improve, your doctor may reduce this to 1 spray into each nostril once a day, increasing it again if symptoms return.

It takes a few days for Fluticasone Nasal Spray to start working, so keep using it every day even if you don’t feel better straight away. Clean the spray at least once a week to prevent blockages.