Flo Sinus Care Refill 100-Pack $23.69 + Delivery (Free C&C) @ Chemist Warehouse

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Igaf on 01/03/2024 - 11:52 chemistwarehouse.com.au (514 clicks)
Last edited 01/03/2024 - 21:21 by 2 other users

• "FLO Sinus Care is a gentle saline wash that can be used daily to wash away mucus, pollens, irritants and allergy-causing particles to provide relief from congestion naturally. Helping you breather easier." AMEN to that.

• CW recent prices were around $28.XX, they're possibly dropping them to match other online sellers. A couple are $1 or so cheaper IF you can get free delivery or are close enough to C&C. This is a few dollars cheaper than I could get anywhere else due to postage costs.

• Cashrewards 0.7% if you're desperate (I'm buying in store to avoid yet another company having my details).

• Flo has a few more ingredients than its main? competitors Fess and NeilMed and is marginally better ime.
  Flo: Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Bicarbonate, Glucose Anhydrous and Calcium Lactate Pentahydrate.
  Fess and NeilMed: Sodium Chloride & Sodium Bicarbonate.

• Fess is cheapest per sachet at about $0.17 if you aren't fussed.

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  ozchobie on 01/03/2024 - 12:00

  +5

  Meh. Mix your own. 3 part table salt 1 part bicarb soda.

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    gdozbargain on 01/03/2024 - 12:20

    +2

    I just use salt.

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    killabob on 01/03/2024 - 13:03

    What about the post op stuff?

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    damfrog on 01/03/2024 - 13:19

    How much water?

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      ozchobie on 01/03/2024 - 16:14

      +1

      I use the sino nasal bottle available at chemist, usually neilmed, fess or flo-branded, those are around 200 to 250mls. I use the blue flo one which has a wide mouth so it's easier to pour water in. You only need a pinch of the powder in it. I use maybe 1/4 tsp of powder. You can adjust accordingly if it stings.

      I have to do nasal rinses twice daily due to previous health issues and haven't had issues. My eent doctors and surgeons also approve of it.

      Just be sure to wash your bottles thoroughly with mild soap and warm water after each use and treat your premixed powder as sterile. You'd want everything prepared hygienically of course.

      Buying sachets is fine if you're not a regular user. I just don't find it economical and sustainable for my usage.

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    Igaf on 01/03/2024 - 13:29

    +4

    Yep you can do that. Table salt's certainly good for temporary throat infection relief but for sensitive sinuses I'll stick to USP grade chems and the simplicity and portability of one sachet per squeeze bottle.

    This might be of interest to some: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35233584/

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  Fatboy74 on 01/03/2024 - 13:47

  +4

  Great for after a big weekend on the bag. So I've been told.

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  Andy01 on 01/03/2024 - 20:15

  +1

  Sorry, not a deal. I don't think I have ever paid more than $18 for these (or the Fess ones), never mind the grossly inflated $34 RRP.

  Use the Fess equivalent. Just as good and a fair bit cheaper.

  https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/90229/fess-sinu-clea… - $3 cheaper at normal price, and more often on sale for around $15-16, especially at the online pharmacies. I paid $16.40 in Nov'23 at Chempro.

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    Igaf on 01/03/2024 - 20:47

    +1

    I've been watching prices for at least 3 months. Flo 100s have not been below $21 anywhere that I could find and the postage cost basically killed it for me. I was also waiting for a CW cashback boost but "those were the days my friend…"

    Flo is more expensive for a reason. If you read my description you would have seen that I mentioned NeilMed and Fess which have the same ingredients as each other. Fess can be bought for ~$17, or $0.17 per sachet as I wrote.

    I've used 100 of both Flo and Fess. Ime Flo worked better and is worth the 5c difference. Ymmv.

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      Andy01 on 02/03/2024 - 11:46

      +1

      I noticed no difference at all (I used Flo for about 10 years, and Fess for the last 4 years). Do those "extra" ingredients make any difference ? The water goes in one nostril and straight out the other - down the drain. It is a simple nasal flush, not a medicine. Putting 24ct gold flakes in it wouldn't make it a better flush.

      Potassium chloride is usually an oral potassium supplement - since the flush is not taken orally (swallowed), it is probably useless.
      Calcium Lactate Pentahydrate is a oral calcium supplement used to treat osteoporosis etc - since it is not taken orally (swallowed), it is probably useless.
      Glucose Anhydrous is used in food manufacture as a sweetener or stabiliser - not sure what it's purpose here would be in this.

      But you are right - YMMV

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        Igaf on 02/03/2024 - 13:55

        Like nasal sprays, the flush leaves some residue, otherwise you might as well flush with distilled water - depending on the nature and severity of the problem. I don't know what the precise use of GA is but since the Flo rinse when combined with mupirocin shows a significantly better result in combating planktonic and biofilm forms of bacteria, and it (GA) is used in nasal sprays, and it's part of some treatements for extreme rhinosinusitus I'll assume it's useful.The others aim at producing a wash which closely mimics the fluid our bodies use to bathe our outer cells.

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          Carnivean on 04/03/2024 - 02:02

          @Igaf: You've never flushed with straight water then. It's about reducing the irritation caused rather than any residue (which would be removed by the body in minutes anyway.

          Potassium chloride is 99% identical to sodium chloride. It's most likely used due to cost.

          Glucose anhydrous is probably used to change the aftertaste of the bit that ends us near your mouth.

          Ime Neilmed was the superior product.

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            Igaf on 04/03/2024 - 10:04

            @Carnivean: Thanks doc. If you don't mind I'll defer to the expert advice and analysis I've been reading and my GP rather than a random Ozbargainer.

            "Straight water" isn't recommended by anyone I've encountered so far, for fairly obvious reasons. It may not cause problems depending on the individual sinus issue and the water quality but far better to be safe than sorry. Ongoing sinus issues can be complex to diagnose. If you're "lucky" an allergy test might help (at least you'll know a probable cause and may be able to pop a pill etc), if you're very unlucky it could be as complicated as dealing with the extremely stubborn golden staph bacteria.

            I've already explained some of what my preliminary reading discovered regarding GA? If you read the link to the one paper I posted above you will see references to film coating, and if you do a 15 minute search on sinus rinse you will also find references to how the Flo combination closely mimics the body's own external cell bathing - also mentioned right above your post. Appreciate the comment though.

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              Carnivean on 04/03/2024 - 17:23

              @Igaf: My comment about the straight water is not about recommending it, it's about experiencing it. You clearly haven't as it burns like a b@#$%^d.

              Saline is added to prevent that from happening, and NaCL and KCL are identical here. Bi carb is added to get a bit of a reaction going that might aid with removal. Neither is about treating the inside of the nose with a film.

              If you think that paper you linked is about the efficacy of Flo vs the other 2 then you didn't read it very well. It concluded that Flo might be the better solution for use in the delivery of antibiotics nasally. This is nothing to do with the normal use of Flo and does nothing to support the use of extra ingredients such as GA.

              It's cool that you prefer one over the other but you need to stop pretending that it's supported by science. Your comment "It's more expensive for a reason" is pure copium.

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                Igaf on 04/03/2024 - 23:26

                @Carnivean: The paper is quite clear about Flo likely being a better carrier for a specific antibiotic, and aiding in removal of a specific bacterium. It's just one paper and one specfific set of circumstances - obviously not every sinus problem will involve golden staph - but it's suggestive enough for me to hang my hat on in the absence of different information. The nasal coating and mimicing of normal bodily fluids by the Flo mixture is mentioned in other articles relating to sinus treatment, hence my comment that "there's a reason [imo]" for the price difference. I'll see if I can find the references again. GA in far greater concentrations has many uses in health and water treatment. People who are interested should research for themselves and make their own judgements. Am I drawing too long a bow? Probably, desperation. will do that