New Prescription! Help!

medication
(Steaks b4 cakes! 🥩🥂) #1

Hello all! I’m hoping there’s someone who can advise me on my new medication…

I’ve been prescribed a spray for my ongoing sinus problems - I’ve been fighting something for a few weeks now and rather prescribe me anti biotics I’ve been given this spray to try.

Can anyone tell me if these ingredients are going to be a problem for ketosis? The word glucose clearly jumped out at me…is the dosage even going to be enough to worry about?

It’s 27.5mcg - two sprays each nostril to use twice daily. Thanks in advance :blush:

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(Jenny) #2

it will be ok :slight_smile: kcko

(Melissa Marie) #3

I don’t know alot about absorbtion rate through sinuses but the dosage is specific to the actual medication, not the amount of glucose in the product. I would assume that because you are not ingesting it that it doesn’t go through the same process and enter the bloodstream as if you were which would make the glucose less bioavailable.

I have had alergies and asthma my whole life and when im sick I worry about taking cough syrup mostly because of the impact on BG.

I’m assuming this is a steroid spray. I personally would just use it and stay on track with your diet as I doubt that the impact would be substantial enough to notice a real difference, especially if you are suffering from sinus problems. Antibiotics can cause their own set of issues that may also interfere, so avoiding them if you can is most likely what is currently in your best interest. By not taking this medication you could ultimately wind up on the antibiotics… so really it is up to you on what course you decide to take.

I wouldn’t be too concerned. But if you are really concerned you could test your BG. Test baseline prior to use/eating and then at 30 minutes after the spray and then again at 60 to see if there is actually an impact.

(Steaks b4 cakes! 🥩🥂) #4

hah thank you for this! :slight_smile: I did wonder if I was over-thinking this one!

(Steaks b4 cakes! 🥩🥂) #5

ah brilliant thank you for your reply - yes this is a steroid spray, I would much rather try this than be given anti biotics most definitely.

(Full Metal KETO AF) #6

Your sinuses are great absorbers and probably more efficient than your stomach. That’s why people sniff drugs like cocaine and meth and heroin. Your mucous membranes go straight to the bloodstream. That being said glucose in the mcg (1/1000 of a gram) is pretty insignificant. You get more glucose from a bite of a carrot than that.

(Steaks b4 cakes! 🥩🥂) #7

Hah! :rofl: thanks for this! I’ll take a bit of glucose over meth any day!

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #8

The steroid is more likely to raise your BG than the glucose itself. But I’m kind of partial to breathing, myself. But that’s just me; I’m funny that way. :grin:

Seriously, use the inhaler and don’t worry about it. Even if your BG goes up, don’t worry about it.

(Bunny) #9

Probably not anything to worry about though!

First ingredient is what it has the most of; according to the box that would be: 27.5 mcg. = 275 milligrams of (a gram) mostly GLUCOSE so that’s way less than a gram of sugar per prescribed dosage! Anything that has less than a gram of sugar is listed on food as 0 grams of sugar even though it still has sugar in it, it is less than a gram thus listed as “0” (per serving size)!

We eat way more sugar than that (275 mg.) even on keto!

(Steaks b4 cakes! 🥩🥂) #10

Thank you for your help - I definitely over-thought this one didn’t i?! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

(Steaks b4 cakes! 🥩🥂) #11

Definitely - I’ve missed being able to taste my food!!!