Does nasal hydrogen peroxide help prevent infections? What helps prevent infections? Dr. Zachary Rubin Feb 16, 2025 While on the surface it may make sense to try and clean your tissues to help prevent germs from entering your body, it may be counterproductive. Hydrogen peroxide can be an irritating substance that can lead to tissue damage and inflammation. In addition, mucociliary clearance may be affected by hydrogen peroxide. That means that the hair cells called cilia do not properly function to clear out germs and mucus from the respiratory tract.
The Best Approach to COVID Prevention? It’s Not Up Your Nose Nasal sprays aren’t part of a science-based multilayered COVID-prevention strategy Kaitlin Sundling Apr 29, 2024 Unproven products can seem attractive, especially when social media marketing overhypes potential benefits, without mention of risks or uncertainties. Even for people who are highly informed about COVID, it is easy to be swayed by aggressive advertising and personal anecdotes about unproven products. Unproven methods for COVID prevention can cause harm in at least three ways: 1. Direct harm from the product itself. Unproven approaches may have insufficient information available about potential risks. Some products may have known risks, although those risks may not be included in advertisements or promotions of those products. 2. Indirect harm due to creating a false sense of security, such that effective precautions aren’t taken. For example, someone may attend a social gathering maskless because they are using an unproven nasal spray, resulting in unnecessary exposure to COVID. 3. Financial harm due to money spent on a potentially ineffective or harmful product. Money is best spent on proven COVID prevention approaches.
Ignore nose hype and don’t waste money. More pandemic profiteering that might violate regulations, and definitely isn’t ready for prime time. Chloe Humbert Dec 03, 2024 I’ve seen multiple accounts in discord forums where desperate parents have been using these nasal sprays with prophylactic claims, some purchased on the internet from foreign countries with wire transfers, and giving it to the kids 4 to 5 times a day and asking about the safety of this because their kids are getting sore throats or nose bleeds. I’ve also heard of people getting bounced and banned from Facebook groups for warning that this might not be safe, or even just that they’re not approved by the FDA. I have also heard that the company has reached out for partnership of some type with covid influencers or precaution organizations. I’m not sure what guidance those people and organizations are given, but they would be responsible for adhering to the FTC which states that: “Marketers of dietary supplements and other health-related products should ensure that anyone participating in marketing is familiar with basic FTC advertising principles.” and “The FDA has primary responsibility for claims that appear in labeling, including the package, product inserts, and other promotional materials available at point of sale. The FTC has primary responsibility for claims in all forms of advertising.”