Budesonide is a medication of the corticosteroid type. Available as an inhaler, nebulization solution, The inhaled form is used in the long-term management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is used for allergic rhinitis and nasal polyps fluticasone propionate
The current study aims to compare between results of budesonid nasal irrigation and fluticasone nasal spray in the treatment of adult patients with Allergic Rhinitis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
360
120 patients received budesonide buffered with 0.9% isotonic saline.
120 patients received fluticasone propionate nasal spray.
120 patients used 0.9% saline for nasal irrigation.
Benha University Hospitals - Otolaryngology department
Banhā, Qalyobia, Egypt
Clinical improvement
improvement measured by pre- and post-treatment SNOT score
Time frame: 1 month
Endoscopic examination improvement
by comparing pre and post treatment lund\*Mackay score
Time frame: 1 month
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