Rhinitis Control and Medication Use in a Real-World Sample of Patients With Persistent Rhinitis or Rhinosinusitis: A Community Pharmacy Study.

Background: Little is known about rhinitis control in real-life, nor about the contribution of treatment-related and patient-related factors.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the level of rhinitis control and rhinitis medication utilization in patients with persistent rhinitis and to identify predictors of rhinitis control.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in patients with persistent rhinitis recruited in community pharmacies.

The Indispensable Nasal Decongestant: Patients' Views and Perspectives on Nasal Decongestant Overuse.

Background: Rhinitis medicamentosa (RM) is a type of nonallergic rhinitis caused by prolonged use of nasal decongestants (NDs). Although it is a preventable phenotype of rhinitis, little is known about patients dealing with this condition.

Objective: To gain a better understanding of patients' views and experiences of ND overuse, and potential facilitators and barriers to discontinue the overuse.