Topical nasal steroids such as Flonase may reduce snoring.

This is true...but only if nasal congestion is the primary reason the person is snoring. Most often snoring is caused by obstruction in the back of the throat...not the nose.

Tell patients trial and error is usually necessary to find a snoring remedy. No one treatment works best for everyone and few have been well studied. But most treatments are good common sense for anyone’s health.

Suggest weight loss in obese patients...even a 10 pound loss can help.

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