Hayfever

Unknown · May 2007

Have you tried Clarityn or Zirtek?

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mez24wmb · May 2007

tried them two last year. this summers new entry is Galpharm one a day tablets. time will tell!.

Unknown · May 2007

Galpharm are a generic manufacturer I think, may be the same drug as you have used previously! Do you get it bad at night? Those ionisers can help.

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mez24wmb · May 2007

dont think i get it at all at night. this might sound really stupid so i apologise in advance but im normally asleep so wouldnt know! late afternoon is normally the worst time, but sometimes on proper heavy days i can start off first thing and last all day.

Unknown · May 2007

Lol. It used to keep me awake on hot nights where the window had to be open. Our garden like Kew, full of allsorts of polleny things!

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mez24wmb · May 2007

thank god ive only got a yard! even then i think my shed has its own pollen factory in it as i always seem to sneeze when i go anywhere near it.

Unknown · May 2007

I used to get it bad in my teens, but hardly anything now. Think its a certain tree that sets it off.

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mez24wmb · May 2007

once youve found it. chop it down.

Unknown · May 2007

No wonder the buggers irritate...

http://www.danforthcentre.org/Cells/images/pollen.jpg

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CURWENATOR · May 2007

The injection option has been removed due to side effects and a court case in the states a couple years ago! they worked an absolute treat.......... try putting a little pit of vaseline under your nose which will open up your nasal airways a bit more!

ask your doc for a good anti-histamine that you can't simply get off the shelf in a chemist

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mez24wmb · May 2007

i thought the idea of vaseline was to coat the nasal hairs, preventing the pollen attaching?

Unknown · May 2007

Here's a good one: snort water and spit it out. My brother swears by it!

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Ray21 · May 2007

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Ffluff · May 2007

Hi,

This has recently been very recently launched in the UK, its a prescription only medicine, so you'll have to ask your GP for it but early signs are good (its a next generation a/h so should be v differeent from Zirtek et al)

[url][/url]http://www.grazax.com/Jumppage+DocCheck.htm

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mez24wmb · May 2007

will try that, looks like the general opinion is that i should get off to the GP

Ffluff · May 2007

yep, but don't be fobbed off with another prescription for zirtek, clarityn etc..

i'm on telfast which is great, however this new one could be good for you, its a case of discussing it with your gp

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jimih73 · May 2007

currently involved in medical trial for new hayfever jabs. touch wood (something couldn't really do in the summer before!!!) seems to be working, no longer jibbering snotty wreck everytime i step out my front door, but did make riding fun some summer days maybe not for those behind me!!!!![:D]

StefanH · June 2007

Asda sell loratadine and also cetirizine dihydrochloride based hayfever tablets as a 7-pack (one week's worth) for about 83p (or some other stupidly low price). The loratadine ones are labeled "non-drowsy" wherease the cetirizine ones aren't. I've been taking the loratadine ones for three days and they are the only tablets that have ever worked for me (had hayfever for about 20 years, even Triludan never worked for me!).

The effect starts to wear off after about 8pm (tablet taken between 9am and 10:30am) but this will probably improve as time progresses. I'm sure if I backed this up with a nasal spray, I would be almost symptom free (nothing stops the muzzy-headed feeling which hayfever causes).

Ffluff · June 2007

just to be clear, loratadine is the active ingredient in Clarityn &
cetirizine dihydrochloride is the active in Zirtek

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Unknown · June 2007

Just got the sniffles in the last few days, randomly bought Benydril(?) and brought the leaking nose and scratchy eyes under control rapidly as it said it would on the box, though first one knocked me out (might of been heavy previous night though!). Gonna try the local honey method next year, my brother seems to think it works and he suffers bad...

naz-t · June 2007

just the clarify the injection option has not been removed it is frowned upon and not talked about they hate giving it but it works, it is the only hayfever cure so far, its called depo-medrone and comes in 40mg per ml vial, ive insisted on it the last two years and its like a miricle cure, the side effects on the list are huge (as with any drug) and you have to sign a disclaimer however for three months i have no hayfever symtoms as such every year, i also take the anti histamines along side it and im fine. the actual drug itself is a cortisone - you know the stuff sportsmen and women have injected into their knees atc only your getting a really low dosage in comparison. if your gonna try it you need to get to the docs early in the year - end of march april ish and renember it only lasts about 3 months so the earlier the weather is nice the earlier you need to take it yea? dont be frightened by the contra indications they list if you looked at the same list on most tablets youd never take them, for instance did you know that tamoxifen is carcenogenic?? and they give it to people with cancer funny huh

richk · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by StefanH

Asda sell loratadine and also cetirizine dihydrochloride based hayfever tablets as a 7-pack (one week's worth) for about 83p (or some other stupidly low price). ...
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83p for a weeks supply? Think I need to get down to Asda. Unless I'm driving long distances, I usually just grin & bear it (I don't often get it really bad) due to the cost.

Unknown · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by CURWENATOR

The injection option has been removed due to side effects and a court case in the states a couple years ago! they worked an absolute treat.......... try putting a little pit of vaseline under your nose which will open up your nasal airways a bit more!

ask your doc for a good anti-histamine that you can't simply get off the shelf in a chemist

Eagles sore but weasels don't get caught in jet engines....
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how does vaseline open your nose up? do you mean vicks vaporub? if you use too much of that it will make you just as blocked up.

vaseline under the eyes helps catch the pollen a bit, but dont rub your eyes!

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pete_s · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by aphex2k
vaseline under the eyes helps catch the pollen a bit, but dont rub your eyes!

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Wear sunglasses as well combined with that method, works a treat.

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naz-t · June 2007

i think he meant vas in your nostrils catches the pollen

Unknown · June 2007

Try the honey approach, wash out each eye with a spoonful before going out.

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Unknown · June 2007

Certainly makes the honeys look better around here...

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shabbadoof13 · June 2007

hey

you guys may want to post about this over at the hayfever forum http:/www.hayfeverforum.co.uk

thanks

jon

crashandburn · July 2007

always wear your goggles!!!!!!!!!!!!

like ALL THE TIME!!! i have bad hayfever, i take a 'piriton' and that works for about 2 hours but i keep my goggles on all the time and it keeps my eyes itch free.

crashandburn · July 2007

always wear your goggles!!!!!!!!!!!!

like ALL THE TIME!!! i have bad hayfever, i take a 'piriton' and that works for about 2 hours but i keep my goggles on all the time and it keeps my eyes itch free.

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