I'm a 48 year old, white male, -5.5 in both eyes and worn soft contacts for 30 years. Live in the Toledo,OH area. I have no family history of high IOP. I have regular eye exams with normal IOP until about 4 months ago. Suddenly my IOP is in the mid 30's. However I was using nasal spray (fluticasone) for almost 1 year prior to the high readings. My eye doctor has done all the exams to check for vision loss and suggested there is little if any. He recognized there may be a connection between the nasal spray and elevated IOP. But not enough data exists to determine if this is the problem and if it will eventually go away. But as a precaution he decided to prescribe pressure reducing drops. I had a reaction to the drops the first day and returned to his office to report the reaction (bloodshot eyes). While rechecking my pressures,he found that they had dropped to 16 with only one application which he suggested is not usual. He suggested I continue on the drops for a week and then take a break and then take readings and see what happens. I did as asked and found that my pressures were about 19. Stayed off the drops and returned a month later for a check up and found them to be 37. Now I'm back on drops. Is it possible the nasal spray caused this (impossible to get good data) and is it possible it will take some time for it to return to normal? Is this very unlikely? Should I be treating with drops for a while (and the side effects) or is a better altrenative to do a careful wait and see approach?