The vast majority of people become dependent upon Afrin, a condition called rhinitis medicamentosa. A great life hack for using Afrin is to use it together with Flonase. As a steroid Flonase will prevent the immune system from causing rebound stuffiness you would normally suffer when you stop taking Afrin. I use Flonase every night and Afrin intermittently when I really can’t breathe well, guilt free.