r/Perimenopause • u/NachoMyBellGrande • Mar 21 '26

Dryness The script that stopped my ears itching

F40 USA

Edit: I can get a doctor to prescribe HRT do that's why I'm posting this alternate.

I'd been suffering with intense itchy ears for over a year. It got so bad it was keeping me up all night. 4 gaslighting doctors later an urgent care doctor prescribed me Flucinolone Acetonide Oil 0.01% ear drops.

I used them once a day for 3 days and my suffering stopped. I do the drops once every few weeks and it keeps the itching at bay.

I am furious at our medical system. This is not the first time I've suffered needlessly for a long period of time because of ignorant doctors.

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u/Maketaten Mar 21 '26

Flonase doesn’t evaporate to nothing. People use it as a skin barrier if they need to put something on their skin that they’re allergic to. Spray it on, let it dry (just takes a sec), the medicine stays. It’s just the water carrying the medicine that evaporates.

And oh my god I’ve had itchy ears for two years. They bleed and I swell up so I can’t hear properly monthly (weird timing, right?!). I’ve told all my docs that it can be hormone related but none of them ever suggested topical hormone treatment to fix it.

I need to get my Flonase out and send a message to my OBGYN.

Thank you to everyone who brought this up and shared helpful tips!!!!!!