Episode 288: 287. A New FDA Approved Drug for Chronic Rhinosinusitis

recipients were more likely than placebo recipients to report much or very much improvement (55% vs. 25%) which isn’t shocking because half of the people were not getting medicine

they also report that the medication arm had improvement on CT imaging of the sinuses which also seems like another Duh moment as I am sure it was better than nothing

my concern is this new drug or deliver of the drug is a cash price of about 800-1000 per month while just simple fluticasone is around 10$ a month. I think for now stick with the normal 10$ fluticasone but if there is no success and continue to have severe symptoms then maybe consider this if they have good insurance

bottom line is there is a new drug out there that is basically fluticasone in a fancy delivery device.. for almost all my patients and family members they will be getting regular fluticasone not this fancy delivery device that goes but the name XHANCE

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