Hi. I am a 40 year old healthy male with no known diseases or allergies. I am currently visiting Langkawi for vacation and am suffering from allergic rhinitis since past couple of days. I have never encountered any allergies previously. The doctor has prescribed oral prednisolone 10 mg daily for 7 days. Its my second day of the dose and I am suffering from running nose , watery eyes and dry cough. Just wanted to make sure if oral prednisolone is the right choice or maybe I can take rhinoclenil nasal spray together with the prednisolone. Just wanted to confirm if I can take oral prednisolone and rhinoclenil together and if that would help. Thanks. Also how long will these medicines take to cure this allergy .
Hello, Oral prednisolone is the LAST option for severe allergies, and reserved only when antihistamines and nasal sprays are not working. Steroids can give quick relief, although it would take 1-2 days. But you must stop after 7 days; also 10 mg dose is very low to have much effect, the usual dose for 3-4 days is 30-40 mg depending on body weight. You must take nasal sprays and antihistamines along with the prednisolone as after stopping steroids you will get a rebound of symptoms if antihistamines are not in the background. Thanks.