Betnesol

I have tried everything on the market for 20 years!! to find a cure for the itch in my ears,Then my new GP recommended betnesol and it worked, I was over the moon after so many treatnents lotions and potions I was told there was no cure!! this stuff is a life saver.

I have just found out it has been discontinued, so my GP gave me a perscription for locorten-vioform he said its the same stuff but different name! well it really burns and irritated I had to wash it of it was so bad and has brought my condition back after 2 years free of eczema in my ears, Im gutted I can't get it anywhere.

I recently went to a doctor complaining of sinusitis and he prescribed me Betnesol and after a week, I began to lose my sense of smell. I discontinued use immiedately and it has been over a month now with no improvement. I am suffering now from a severe impairment in my olfactory system and smells which were once pleasant are now either non-existent or foul. I would strongly recommend not using this product for sinusitis, my quality of life has been destroyed due to this product, be WARNED!!! :LC

I have suffered with Rhinitus for 5 years and tried all sorts of steroid sprays without really having any success. Then I was recomended Betnesol by someone who had the same syptoms as myself and it had worked for him. Within a week of using the drops my taste and smell had returned . A month later all is well still have my taste and smell and I can have a pint or glass of wine without my nose feeling like it is going to explode ! Would recomend this to anyone who has a similar problem, it's got to be worth a go.

Like others I suffer from chronic rhinitis/hay fever leading to severe sinus congestion and headaches. Other treatments such as Nasonex and Beconase were proving ineffective. My specialist prescribed Betnesol to be taken one month on, one month off - to minimise likelihood of side effects. After 3 cycles all my symptoms had gone for the first time in 2 -3 years - wonderful!

If anyone has found a satisfactory alternative I would be interested to know!

I have been using this for a number of months. I suffer with rhitinus all year round and I had lost my sense of smell completely. Within 24 hours of using this medication my sense of smell started to return and my nasal congestion improved considerably.

I have had to stop taking it at the moment because my chemist is waiting for it to come in and over the last couple of days my symptoms are returning.

Great post surgery results for reducing inflammation and allergic rhinitis, pollen and similar.

Having suffered from hay fever for over fifty years, and having moved homes a lot, various G.P's. have prescribed me more hay fever medicines than I care to remember. My hayfever still remains at a 'chronic' level but is not as severe as when I was a child. Whilst I have always just about managed to carry on with my life when my nose etc. has been severely congested, and my head has felt like it was crammed full of cotton wool, what I could never cope with was my eyes becoming so inflamed that my sight was severely prejudiced. Particularly after I started to drive.

Certainly in the 1960's (and possibly in the 1950's) I started to use 'Betnesol' drops for my eyes. They can also be used for ear and nose. My late father, also a severe hayfever sufferer, used to refer to them as his 'magic drops' as they relieved his eyes within seconds. They worked just as well on me. However, every G.P. I have ever used has tried to push some alternative medicine onto me and the result has always been the same - better to use simple cold and wet teabags! (They are partially effective).

My new G.P. went through the same routine of trying to persuade me to try something else and so I pressed him to say whether or not this product was still available, and if it was then why was he being so reticent. He admitted that Betnesol was still available but he did not stock it as it was dangerous if you had a certain eye condition. Apparently it allegedly had the capacity to make anyone with that condition blind if they used it.

After I assured him that I had recently had a clear eye test; was of sound mind; and was willing to accept the risk he agreed to order in some Betnesol for me. He has done so every year since then and I have had no problems, only massive benefits from the drops.

I can therefore wholeheartedly recommend these drops but strictly subject to a full optician's check up and a chat with your G.P. first. They must however never been passed on to a friend or left lying around. I have never tried them up my nose. Why? A totally daft reason really - I have always looked on them as being far more precious than diamonds to me and did not wish to 'waste' copious amounts up my nose!

Betnesol is made by Celltech Pharmaceuticals Ltd. of Slough SL1 1WE.

If anyone has had success at eradicating hayfever via an allergy clinic I would be very pleased to read a full report. Thank you.