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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, November 9, 1995                   TAG: 9511090074
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: MINNEAPOLIS                                LENGTH: Short

FDA APPROVES NASAL STRIP TO CURE SNORING

A bandage-like strip that runners and football and hockey players wear on their noses to breathe more easily will now be sold as a snoring cure.

The makers of Breathe Right nasal strips have gotten the go-ahead from the Food and Drug Administration to market them to snorers.

Sleepers who don't get enough air through their nose open their mouths, which promotes snoring. Breathe Right strips work by pulling the nasal passages open.

They sell for about $5 for a box of 10, about $12 for a box of 30. Each strip is good for one night.

FDA regulations barred the company from selling the strips as a snoring cure until it could prove they work through testing on humans.

Tests showed that 75 percent of people snored less often and less loudly when wearing the Breathe Right strip, the company said.

- Associated Press 


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