Health and Never Stop Learning10 Mar 2008 11:18 pm
What I Learned on March 10, 2008
I learned that if you squirted Afrin nasal spray in your eye (at half strength) it would be called Visine L.R. Long-Lasting Redness Relief eye drops.
Very interesting. They both act as blood vessel constrictors, Afrin in the nose and sinuses thus creating less mucous production, and Visine in the eye which acts to “get the red out.”
FYI, don’t use Afrin for more than three days or it will cause congestion, the very thing it is meant to relieve.
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The active ingredient in Afrin is Oxymetazoline which is an alpha agonist. (Thus a vasoconstrictor) FYI it is also what we use to stop nose bleeds.