Probiotic Nasal and Sinus Rinse

For 6 months, I suffered with a severe post nasal “flow” and hacking extended intense coughs.Three MD’s could find no way of solving this problem. My Primary finally sent me to an Allergist who, aside from severely overprescribing antibiotics had no effect. After 2 months of seeing him repeatedly, he finally had me get a CT scan that showed a sinus infection but, by the time I got to see the ENT he eventually sent me to I had healed it by some mental techniques I teach - or so he told me.But still the post nasal river and hacking coughing continued.I was pretty near my wits end when my Ophthalmologist mentioned an entrepreneur friend of hers who had developed ProbioRinse.I immediately ordered it.After the first 3 days of using it, I was about 50% better. After the full 14 day course, I’m about 90 to 95% better.I just got another box to keep around just in case.Very highly recommended.In researching this product, I found the following in Quebec Science:“Health Canada (like the US FDA) has recently approved ProbioRinse, a product developed by Martin Desrosiers, a clinical researcher at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montréal in Montreal, Canada.“This product contains a probiotic bacteria called Lactococcus lactis W136, which will be delivered directly to the nasal passages, and represents a first in the medical world.These probiotics have an antibacterial activity in the nose,” specifies Dr.Desrosiers. This is hardly surprising: The Lactococcus lactis bacteria has been used for over 100 years in the food industry to prevent undesirable bacterial and fungal overgrowth in foodstuff.“

I really had high hopes for this product. I am a chronic sinus infection sufferer. I do think that this makes a difference in my rinses. The issue that I have it that is it is very hard to dissolve and that is why I didn't give it 5 stars. It is time consuming to heat up distilled water and then add it to mix it and then add cold to do the rinse. Even when you try to do it that way it doesn't dissolve easily. I would love if they could either fix that or sell it in a liquid.

I have suffered with sinus problems for years. I hardly ever sleep in a bed anymore because I need to sleep upright to keep them draining or I develop a sinus infection. I don't remember the last time I woke up without a sinus headache. I started using ProbioRinse about a week ago. Within 3 days, I stopped blowing blood out of my sinuses. This morning I woke up without a headache. Of course, if your sinuses don't need probiotics, then this product won't work for you other than the usefulness of rinsing your sinuses. For me it's been near miraculous.Here's what I did: The first couple of days I used two packets per rinse and rinsed once per day (with my Sinupulse Elite). Then I decided that 2 packets per day would probably be more than I really felt like spending long term and decided to see if I could combine one packet of ProbioRinse with one packet of SinuAir saline powder and that seems to be working very well. My "recipe": one packet of ProbioRinse, one packet of SinuAir, a few drops of baby shampoo (Toms) as a surfactant, with about 20 ounces of body temperature water. I use a shaker bottle because the ProbioRinse doesn't dissolve well without agitation.

This really seems like a great idea...but it is not in practice. This stuff does not dissolve in the water (yes I tried very hot water too). It stays chalky/cloudy, has white pieces, and clumps that will not break up. This stuff just will not work for irrigation of my sinuses. Since I used two of the packets tryin to make them work I don’t think I can return this item...so it was money down the drain. Hopefully others will learn from my wasted money. I do not recommend this product!

In the past I have had a history with sinus infections and had endoscopic surgeries twice. This was over 15 years ago. Now with good self care I have not had one for a long time. But I have had a few bloody noses over the past 2 years which I am not prone to. When I had the last one about 3 months ago and my ENT thought that it was caused from a nasal infection he recommended trying this new ProbioRinse product. He said intruding probiotics to my system may help immensely and keep me from having any nasal issues in the future. After the 2 week period of clearing up the infection it was time to do the 14 day treatment of this product. I did not enjoy it, it is not pleasant to use and sadly it did nothing for me. I followed the directions correctly and every time I used it it burned my nostrils very badly and I am not sensitive to pain. Also they show in the video that there will be some minimal white residue in the rinse when using it. The product does not fully dissolve. Instead there would always be some whiteness at the end of my nasal hairs after each use. I endured the 14 days and my ENT agreed it seemed to not have been an ideal fit for me though you can never really be sure. He apologized for getting me to invest in the cost and I will never use it again. I am always willing to do what I need to improve my health but this product was no fun for me. Can't recommend.

The rinse functions like all other rinses and does not seem to improve sinus more than any of the other rinses.

I have had chronic sinus infections for over 25 years. I had sinus surgery which did not help. Prior to discovering ProBioRinse, I had to dissolve an antibiotic ointment in my saline rinse every day, all year round. Even with doing that for over 10 years, I still needed to take oral antibiotics a couple times a year. ProBioRinse has allowed me to discontinue using both types of antibiotics. Initially, I had to use 2 boxes of ProBioRinse - one packet twice a day for 28 days. Now at the first sign of an infection starting (usually after catching a cold), I just use a packet a day for a few days, until the signs of infection are gone. I have now been able to go several months without needing to use ProBioRinse at all.