Nils Gustaf Lindgren wrote:


> Flunisolide - would that be a corticosteroid? I remeber (once more, in the
> ENT emergency room) a guy who worked as a flavor tester with a tobacco
> company (dig this - he did not smoke himself!) who had aproblem with
> vasomotric rhinitis which was detrimental to his work - he used, if I
> remember correctly, a a corticostertoid as nasal inhalant to alleviate those
> problems and get on with his day.

Yup, as CWDJr said (obliquely) it's a corticosteroid. As such, I'd
think twice about using it for cold relief, regardless of its olfactory
benefits.

Mark Lipton