{"id":571967,"date":"2026-05-07T23:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/571967\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:41:25","slug":"uk-medicines-regulator-limits-nasal-spray-use-to-five-days-chemistdruggist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/571967\/","title":{"rendered":"UK medicines regulator limits nasal spray use to five days &#8211; Chemist+Druggist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxNQnJtcldyVlBxdjRQQnJDcTI1cEZLV09aRjVSdUM3NGlETkRmMkQ4bFU2YXJTVzUwSkdwZUxVcWdQdG5LS0Izcy1oSUpTR3BXNDdESm5FQWk1ZnJvLTN1eGZ5WjNlWmN4M1V3TTBjVWlsOVBCaFNTbWp2YV8xRThSXzFRMkpIZldMLU9UUUNER1NJM2dfYTBQeHc2T3VWNWUyUGRYWlc3X3gtMmVtNG94VDl4ZXhsbUFrbmVTTU9IZGlWZ3VmSkEtNXlIaHdsbWFIMGc1WDFn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK medicines regulator limits nasal spray use to five days<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chemist+Druggist<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxQb3dIR2xIM3JNOVJTdWhWX01nQ0JKbkxQUFlGQjg4TkxPdW1jRVJuSVdENkRqVEkzcWMzTHA1OEhBMjFlY29GRGVpZ29iZ00zYzEtSEwxRi1DOWtCMENHaDdEN0IzM0dzdlRzU0JWV0o2aFBLT2UzQy1DTXlHZnlQWHRidUl4ODZNMmk5MzFTMVVDTVZyMUJNUk1mQjdrUGIzZ0hPX0o3ZUY3NTVRdXAwZlVvWHdyM184NVI5d24yUzZsOXJRTktj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nasal decongestant sprays should not be used for more than five days, medicines watchdog says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7AFBVV95cUxOT05DN0pRNTJNRUdSeWVnVDNUOTh2NHVsUGRnakxrYVl1RlRoZE40MlJibVo2Wnp2ZzMwQVhHcU5BNjBWaUYxTG12T2RuMU9ld29Ic3VPY1RiSF9iZ2dJdWVIV2ZlRFBnT29HY0wxd1RQQTJZN055UUpIT3Ewa3dKbklvbEw4ZzIwTGV2b1FITjlsR2tHREI4VUtrd1RYYms0N2FXRklrYmVkVGtXUFlSZ2ZzWS0tWHNodHc2UGZUeHROcVRzLVZzaHY3b25oUXZ4bVk0NV9XMDdRMjRDVllmLU5SZjVacWVaMzJTeg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MHRA Drug Safety Update: Nasal decongestant sprays and drops containing xylometazoline hydrochloride \/ oxymetazoline hydrochloride<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Community Pharmacy England<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxPY01TNW5IdGc2YjZWMHhFV3VnYmFUMnRtRkxYNmRxZk4yeEZpeUctNFVOMlA1dUs0dFFFZGVTOHc0ejlENjhEUENwTVVYek9SWUhLQzhQcnR4YkxvYS1OXy1GWWhwS2E4Vjhiem5hQjFXczBwbS1YWU5GeDRfdkVoaENRUXZWQ25pT3paWkNFX1BZWGo4QjdqZl9sZTREOFVpdXY0UDhEWlM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Warning over the use of popular everyday blocked nose treatment<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Inbox.eu<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxPdDlmMnd3SFpBajFwX3A0eDRMYWV5Vm5OemFGSXpSUENvaEhzS3R4YzlHWFRFWkVJLXVfSWlfNFJ5ZThLcFl2b0NSZTczQ3FQeHhZbG83VXIwOWEzLTFqT0k2TVVSRHhrRHRuZ2VUVHNyQ0NfM2dha3E4MXN5aWVFZUFuYW9TWFZCcGFpWUQ1THpBN1diaE9HX0p3bkRJV2RkamVoU3VmcXBlOXRicS0wTXBpQkJuVHYzVjZSUg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MHRA limits use of common nasal decongestant sprays to five days<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nursing in Practice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK medicines regulator limits nasal spray use to five days&nbsp;&nbsp;Chemist+DruggistNasal decongestant sprays should not be used for more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,10269,195715,306,29672,29673,471,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-571967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-medicines","tag-otc-drugs","tag-regulation","tag-regulatory","tag-regulatory-bodies","tag-safety","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}