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Health: Sinus Buster

Reporting
Stephanie Stahl

In making a self defense video for women on how to use pepper spray, Wayne Perry, who suffered with excruciating headaches, made a startling discovery.

"I'm coughing, I'm choking, I can't breathe, I can't see.  And then I realized I never felt better in my entire life, my headache was completely reversed and gone within seconds," said Wayne.  It launched him a new career. 

The marshal arts instructor put together a formula containing the active ingredient in pepper spray, capsaicin, that comes from a chili pepper.  It sold like hot cakes on eBay, and suddenly Wayne, the amateur scientist, had a new business with a nasal spray called Sinus Buster.  The headache formula contains natural ingredients including eucalyptus, and herbs like Feverfew.

"It actually permeates the blood brain barrier, which is a hard thing to do," said Wayne.

"It helps a great deal," said Judy Donovan, who has been using the headache spray for a few months, after suffering for years with sinus headaches.  She says it's very intense and feels like eating a tablespoon of horseradish.  

"It's a real blast to your head, but immediately following the pain goes away.  It's the first thing that's worked without side effects for me," said Judy.

The Sinus Buster Headache Formula, which also contains peppermint oil, doesn't have to be scientifically tested because it's sold over the counter.

"Peppermint oil we know can also reduce pain probably through a process through the smell itself," said Dr. William Young with Thomas Jefferson University's Headache Center, who occasionally recommends Sinus Buster.  He says it appears to work in a number of ways.

"Anything that's an irritant may sort of distract or trick the brain into shutting down the migraine," said Dr. Young.

Sinus Buster is supposed to be used at the first sign of a headache, and then as needed.  It's sold online and in health stores costing about 17-dollars.

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