[jorvi]

That’s why if you developed a dependence you don’t quit cold turkey.

The strategy I’ve heard is purchasing a normal bottle, and refilling it with boiled cool water when it’s ½ empty. Then refilling it again when it’s ¾ empty.

Xylometazoline is an absolute godsend, and has even more efficacy in a dual-action spray with saline water.

It feels nothing short of magical to do one spray per nostril, and be completely uncontested in less than 10 minutes.

[gojomo]

In my experience oxymetazoline has similar fast-action - even "10 minutes" seems a bit on the long side.