GP claims £3 jab can banish snoring
A £3 snoring cure is making a big noise with sufferers' sleepless partners, a pioneering consultant has said.
Hadi Al-Jassim's team of consultants are the only ones in the country to offer an injection which is a genuine alternative to painful surgery.
The ear, nose and throat specialist - from Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust near Liverpool - has treated 400 patients at one of his hospitals and with excellent results.
"As everyone knows, snoring can cause major problems for patients and in particular their partners," said Mr Al-Jassim.
"In most cases it's the men who snore and their partners suffer sleep deprivation and at the end of the day you have to keep your partner happy - though women do snore as well.
"It causes all sorts of problems between partners and leads to marital, social and health problems.
"I am delighted with the treatment because, until this, there has been no effective treatment other than surgery."
The treatment - called the snoreplasty - is quick and cheap.
It is a two-minute procedure done under local anaesthetic in which sodium tetradecyl is injected into the roof of the mouth.
The chemical, a sclerosing agent, is usually used in the treatment of varicose veins. The injection combats snoring by stopping the soft tissue at the back of the mouth from vibrating.
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