Sprays to Stop Snoring

Snoring is an annoying, as well as potentially exhausting, condition for loved ones and roommates. Snoring can wake you up as well as the person sharing a room or bed with you, making it difficult to get the rest you both need. Many remedies, such as snoring sprays, are marketed to relieve snoring. Anti-snoring sprays claim to reduce or relieve snoring by keeping the snorer's throat moist so that snoring, which is caused by dry throat tissue, is eliminated or reduced.

Asonor Nasal Spray

• Asonor Nasal Spray is one of the many sprays on the market that claims to improve snoring by lubricating the throat. Since snoring occurs when throat tissue becomes dry, Asonor attacks snoring by keeping the throat moist for up to eight hours. The snorer administers the spray into his nose with four to six pumps in each nostril just before going to sleep. The head should be tipped slightly backwards and the person should feel a stream of the spray trickle down the back of his throat.

  Asonor spray was developed by researchers who conducted clinical studies with the product at university hospitals in London and Copenhagen. As the drops lubricate the mucous membrane in the throat and nose and tighten the musculature in the throat, snoring is reduced. The spray claims to reduce dry mouth and tiredness resulting from heavy snoring. It also claims that its solution is effective in 80 percent of consumers who use it, and that it is safe for use by pregnant women.

Silent Snore

• Silent Snore spray claims to work by keeping the soft palate, ulva, and back of the throat moistened throughout the night by eliminating the throat vibrations caused when a dry soft palate vibrates against a dry back portion of the throat. Users administer the spray by opening their mouths and pumping once into the back of their throats. Silent Snore claims to set itself apart with a critical active ingredient called methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) that other snore sprays don't contain. Each spray contains 150 milligrams of MSM, a natural ingredient that exists in many plants and animals.

  Silent Snore's producers claim that oils used in many other throat sprays such as olive, sunflower, sesame and peppermint oil, are ineffective at reducing snoring. The product claims to work in 90 percent of the people who use it. In addition to using the spray each night before bed, Silent Snore recommends losing weight if you are overweight, avoiding alcohol and cigarettes, and sleeping on your side or stomach as opposed to your back to reduce snoring.

Snorix

• Snorix is an additional throat spray that claims to work by tightening the muscle tissue in the snorer's throat. The theory behind the spray is that when we sleep, our throat muscles relax causing the open area in the throat to narrow. As we take deep, forceful breaths of air in and out during sleep, that air is forced through a narrower opening than when we are awake, which results in snoring. Snorix claims to tighten the muscles forcing a wider throat opening, resulting in less or no snoring. The active ingredient in Snorix is an oil called Mentha Piperata. The snorer administers the spray by opening his mouth, tilting his head back slightly and spraying the product into the back of the throat three times. The product should be shaken before it is applied and should be used right before bedtime. The company recommends not eating or drinking for 30 minutes after applying Snorix to ensure the Mentha Piperata oil has sufficient time to be absorbed into the throat tissue.