Xylometazoline nasal and Bad Taste: What Users Say

• Lin...
• May 21, 2020

For Nasal Congestion "5 min after using this product, I had a horrible bitter taste at the back of my throat that lasted hours. I also felt like I had liquid at the back of my throat. Felt very uncomfortable all night and still felt stuffed up after all that. I do not recommend this product."

• jus...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• September 22, 2022

For Nasal Congestion "I've always believed I need a sinus operation, as my father and sister have had one. I can't remember (even as a child) being able to ever fall asleep while breathing through my nose. I remember clearly a family doctor saying, 'I will recommend something that will change your life. You will be pleased you tried it. Try using Otrivin Nasal Spray before you go to sleep.' I've been using it 15 years straight ever since. I cannot sleep without it or wake up without it. But only recently, I believe I'm starting to see negative side effects. My heart rate has increased and is more intense. And the worst thing (since the bottle and packaging have just changed, which makes me think the formula has also changed?), I've just spent hundreds on seeing a dentist due to a 'bad taste in my mouth,' which I honestly thought was down to an old amalgamated filling dissolving, only to work out it's the Otrivin."

• Mrs...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 27, 2019

Xylometazoline nasal for Nasal Congestion "Otrivin gave me instant relief of nasal congestion. Like 1-2 minutes. Stinging sensation and reduce at 10 minutes. Bad taste once it passes the throat. For me, the benefit outweighs the side effects."