Beconase Hayfever Allergy spray - 180 doses

Eight allergy symptoms such as nasal congestion, watery eyes, runny nose, sneezing, itchy eyes, itchy nose, red eyes, and sinus discomfort are relieved by this product for up to 24 hours.

Beconase is used to prevent and treat:

• Inflammation in the lining of your nose (rhinitis) due to seasonal allergies, such as hay fever.
  
• Inflammation in the lining of your nose (rhinitis) due to year-round (perennial) allergies, such as animal allergies.

Usage Instructions

• How much to use - adults and children (aged 6 and over)
  
• The usual starting dose is 2 sprays into each nostril twice a day.
  
• The most you would use in over 24 hours is normally 8 sprays (4 sprays per nostril).
  
• As you become better, your doctor may ask you to use a lower dose - one spray into each nostril twice a day.
  
• If your symptoms then get worse, your dose may be increased back to the starting dose.
  
• Do not use a larger dose or use your nasal spray more often than your doctor tells you.

Preparing your spray

Each spray has a dust cap that protects the nozzle and keeps it clean. Remember to take this off before using the spray.
A new spray (or one that has not been used for a few days), may not work the first time. You need to ‘prime’ the spray by pumping the spray a few times until a fine mist is produced.
1. Hold the bottle as shown and make sure it is pointed away from you.
2. Put your forefinger and middle finger on the collar on either side of the nozzle and put your thumb underneath the bottle.
3. Keep your thumb still, and press down with your fingers to pump the spray.

Using your spray

1 Shake the bottle and take off the dust cap.
2 Blow your nose gently.
3 Close one nostril with your finger as shown, and put the nozzle in the other nostril. Tilt your head forward slightly and keep the bottle upright. Hold the bottle as shown.
4 Start to breathe in slowly through your nose. While you are breathing in press down firmly on the collar with your fingers. A spray of fine mist will go into your nostril.
5 Breathe out through your mouth.
6 Repeat step 4 to use a second spray in the same nostril.
7 Remove the nozzle from this nostril and breathe out through your mouth.
8 Repeat steps 3 to 6 for your other nostril.
9 After using your spray, wipe the nozzle carefully with a clean tissue or handkerchief, and replace the dust cap.

Cleaning your spray

Clean your spray at least once a week, or more often if it gets blocked.
1 Take the dust cap off.
2 Pull upwards on the white collar to remove the nozzle.
3 Soak the nozzle and dust cap in warm water for a few minutes.
4 Then rinse under a running tap.
5 Shake off the excess water and let them dry in a warm place.
6 Put the nozzle back on the spray.
7 ‘Prime’ the bottle as described in the section above, Preparing your spray

Ingredients

The active substance is beclometasone dipropionate.
The other ingredients are microcrystalline cellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, dextrose, polysorbate 80, purified water, and the preservatives benzalkonium chloride and phenylethylalcohol. These other ingredients are needed to make a stable suspension that will not go off.

https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.844.pdf