Can anyone remind me what the current best nasal sprays are for COVID (or other) defense?
Bonus points if there are any safe for preteen-age kids!
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@aehdeschaine In order of best-guess efficacy based on early data: Enovid if you trust any pipelines for getting it in the US (adults; this is one I use); iota-carrageenan nasal sprays (random online suppliers); xylitol sprays (this is what my kid uses).
I'm also a fan of nasal antihistamine AstePro (azelastine) for its v powerful action against histamine *and* it has early suggestive data against covid, but it crosses the blood-brain barrier and is a lights-out drug for some (me!) at first.
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@aehdeschaine lol I am merely one person with a weird body
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@aehdeschaine Pretty much all the nasal sprays are "generally accepted as safe" stuff, so not any riskier for kids than for you.
None of them are especially effective; the peer reviewed studies come out around 40% reduction sorts of numbers. (= you still have to wear a respirator all the time.)
That said, a combination of nasal sprays and viralcidal gargling is entirely worth doing when exposed; I think of it as trying to empty chambers of the metaphorical revolver.
@aehdeschaine The reasonably effective options AIUI are carrageenan (e.g. [Betadine](https://www.betadine.ca/cold-defence/)) and nitrous oxide ([Enovid](https://buyenov.com/)). You can also use prov-iodine gargle or throat sprays (another [Betadine](https://www.betadine.ca/sore-throat/)) or mouthwash with at least 0.07% CPC. (Some of the Crest Pro-Health variants.)
COVID is dose dependent and there is evidence that making nasal replication hard helps. I treat exposure as a reason to use all of the above.
@aehdeschaine Don't mind!
It's a bit Canadian-centric (Betadine is not so far as I know available outside Canada) but maybe it'll help someone.
I looked for Betadine on Amazon, and found this. It's bollocks, isn't it?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/PEESAFE-Natural-Intimate-Ayurveda-Extracts/dp/B07XQPMNLJ/ref=sr_1_7
@Walrus @aehdeschaine Generally anything that labels itself ayurvedic will be.
The generic search term for Betadine is "iota-carrageenan", or just "carrageenan".
Oh, seaweed, then?
@Walrus @aehdeschaine Yup.
Repeatedly found to be clinically effective seaweed.
Oh, like sushi-nori.
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