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New study shows long-term use of neti pots may cause sinus problems:

A new study shows people who used nasal saline irrigation for a year and then discontinued use the following year had 62% fewer cases of sinusitis in the year that they didn't use the device.

The study, presented this week at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Meeting in Miami, followed 68 people who used nasal saline irrigation for 12 months and then discontinued use for another 12 months.

The results showed that the number of cases of sinusitis decreased by 62.5% during the discontinuation phase. Researchers also compared the rates of sinusitis among those who stopped using nasal saline irrigation and another group of 24 adults who used daily nasal saline irrigation for 12 months. Again, they found sinusitis among daily users was significantly higher (50%) than among nonusers.

Celestine Prophecy was the first one I actually threw out rather than leave somewhere or sell to a used bookstore, on the off-chance someone else might be afflicted by it.

I still have my copy, which I think we got from my MiL when she was clearing out her library. That was bad, but I think Battlefield Earth might have been worse. Hard to say, really, at that level of badness.

I vividly remember my dad throwing away Bored of the Rings because he thought it was that awful. It was shocking. A book in the garbage!

A new study shows people who used nasal saline irrigation for a year and then discontinued use the following year had 62% fewer cases of sinusitis in the year that they didn't use the device.

Interesting. I wonder how this is different for occasional use. (I use mine very rarely. I have a lot of sinus problems. In fact, I'm having some unpleasant maxillary sinus pain at this very moment.)

I just started nasal irrigation with NeilMed which is irrigates even more throughly than Neti pot. In the short term it has really helped.

I'm reading Greenwitch by Susan Cooper right now (because Jilli said - and because I bought the copy years ago with the intention of giving it to my mom after I finished reading it, since she loves the whole The Dark is Rising series so much, and it's been sitting on my nightstand waiting for that to happen) and just thanking myself over and over for not going to see the movie they based on that series.

Yeah, no way was I going to see that movie. I actually think Greenwitch is the weakest and/or least interesting book in the series. My favorite is Dark is Rising and I rather like the ones with Bran.

New study shows long-term use of neti pots may cause sinus problems:

Dang, and I just bought a pot.

I use my Neti pot occasionally, also. I've never been able to tell if it helps - sometimes it can be soothing but I don't use it anywhere regularly enough to get any preventative benefits, or extra risk, probably.

Hubby's doing sinus irrigation, but I'm not worried about long-term effects, because he hates it and will stop as soon as medically possible.

I'd guess that occasional use is okay, because of this:

Researchers say nasal mucus acts as a first line of defense against infections, and long-term nasal saline irrigation may interfere with this natural immune function.

So the problem with long-term use is that you're not giving your immune system a chance to replenish itself in-between irrigations.

Just use the neti pot short term. I can never be bothered to keep it up, myself. I don't know where I'd fall.

The Celestine Prophecy was one of those books the more sensitive side of my family swore by. They also owned Dianetics texts. I don't take most of their "spirituality" seriously.