Question: I am almost 81 years old and have nasal drip which I have been told is caused or can be caused from high blood pressure medicine. I have had hearing aids for four years. In the winter, I spend three months in Apache Junction, Arizona then return to Iowa the middle of March. I am up on all my shots for flu, pneumonia, etc. and still get the flu or variations of it the first or second week in January and the same in February. My doctor in Iowa always gives me a prescription for Tamiflu to begin taking when I first feel the effects. When that is over, I always have to call him for a Z pack as the symptoms still seem to be around and won't go away without extra help. If I get the flu really bad and run a temp, I go to the Urgent Care in AZ and they give me an inhaler, nasal spray, a shot of steroid and Rhocephin which does really help. The problem is later when I still feel like I have mucus in the back of my nose, my voice changes, and I struggle with a nuisance cough, also with mucus that is either clear or yellow, but there. I just went to my hearing doctor to put new tubing in my hearing aids and there is an ENT in the same office who I have seen in the past. He told me that my passages were clear and to just use saline spray in my nose and if things get worse, to use the Azelastine spray that my allergy doctor gave me. Oh yes, I have been to the allergist and he claims I have no allergies, but could have some irritants from bright lights, disel fuel, or change of weather. I was at my daughter's today and smelled a flower that she said was very strong, and I could not smell it! She was shocked and so was I as I thought it didn't have a fragrance. My taste buds are fine. With this in mind, she suggested that I contact another doctor, but when I got on line, I decided to contact you. The ENT doctor said that "at my age, things do deteriorate and that he really didn't want to put me on more meds." I am cautious about taking anything more than what I need as I do have A-fib and take Eliquis and Matzim, cholestrel and high blood pressure meds. I am a very active lady, but this is really annoying and if there is something that can help, I would like to try. Sorry, I'm so long winded, but there's a story behind everything I guess. Any suggestions?

Meds & vitamins that I take daily...1 Mantelukast 10 mg. daily (began 4/28/17), 1 5 mg Eliquis 2xdaily;1 aspirin 81 mg.;1 Matzim 180 mg;1 Losartan 100 mg; 1 Simvastatin 40 mg; 1 Omeprazole 40 mg; 3 Caltrate Calcium+D 600 mg; Combigan Opth eye drops 1 twice daily in each eye; Lumigan eye drops 1 drop in each eye only at night; Restasis eye drops in each eye twice daily; saline nasal spray when needed; 2 sprays Azelastine 137 mg when needed; ProAir when needed; 1 Vit. B-6 200 mg; 1 Vit. B-12 1000 mg; 1 Vit. C 500 mg; 1 Vit. E 400 mg; 1 Fish Oil 1000 mg; 1 Garlic 1000 mg; 1 Glucosamine 1000 mg; 1 L-lysine 500 mg... I am in A-Fib all the time and have had a conversion that didn't stay, but it doesn't bother me and I can't always tell that I'm in it. I dance about 3 times a week and when I'm in AZ, it's every day. I am active in the community. Thanks for your help