Can Celestamine Be Taken For Nasal Congestion?

Posted on Fri, 21 Oct 2016

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Question : I have just come down with flu - congested nose and siscoloured mucus in my nose...can celestamine be used for treatment?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Michelle Gibson (39 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
yes, can be used

Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

Celestamine is a combination of betametasone (steroid) and dexochlorpheniramine (anti histamine). It can help with your symptoms.

You can consider adding a decongestant to further help with the nasal symptoms eg phenylephrine.

If you get a wet cough, a mucolytic would help to break up the mucus eg bisolvan, mucomyst or guaifenesin.

Fluids and rest are also very important.

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar