cancun mark:
Is your recommendation against cheese due to the tyramine content or something else?
Interesting...
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Is your recommendation against cheese due to the tyramine content or something else?
Interesting...
So much discussion on sudafed and decongestants. Just don't take the risk!
But thats easily said until i've driven 180miles and paid for a diving weekend...
hmmm...back to the drawing board!
But thats easily said until i've driven 180miles and paid for a diving weekend...
hmmm...back to the drawing board!
cindye
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Why not take it the whole week before and not take a chance a ruining a vacation?
cindye:
Good thinkin
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Scuba_freak:
Yeah, or after I fly 1300 miles, rent a car, drive 100 more, spend the night in a hotel, then - it's whatever it takes.
For me, Sudafed (pseodophendrine) is a mild drug and a savior, but some people may have problems, therefore consulting a physician and then trying it before traveling would be prudent ideas.
cindye
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During my week prior to the trip, I also loosen up my ears by equilizing whenever I think about it, usually during my morning shower, you know, water and dive vacation coming up, its not to hard to remember to do that. Seems to help me, I don't know maybe my imagination.
My dive instructor told us a story how he took Sudafed before a dive. He had a reverse block because the drug wore off as it was not rated for deep water. He said the pain felt like someone was stabbing him in the ear with a knife.
Scuba_freak:Good thinkin
It doesn't quite work that way. The concentrations of a drug start from nothing, peak, and dwindle away over time. The trick in dosing drugs is to set the amount of drug and the time between doses such that you keep the peak from getting high enough to cause toxicity and you keep the dwindling from going so low as to be ineffective. Sustained release drugs do a very good job of keeping the concentrations where you need them to be for a long time.
Kriterian
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GrierHPharmD:
The recommendation should be against most dairy products, not just cheese, because of it's mucus building properties.
You've probably noticed when you've drinken a glass of milk or eaten a bowl ice cream that your saliva has a thickness to it. This same thing happens in your sinuses as well.
I'm not sure of the scientific principles behind it all but I know it's true from experience.
Damselfish
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I just saw something in a dive shop called "CLEAR SINUS & EAR" - anyone ever heard of this or used it?
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