Wellness

[Kachina624]

I've been sitting all day sneezing one after another.  Everything is in bloom and blossom plus it's been windy so lots of dust.  I've taken some meds in the past, can't remember which.

Which brand of anti-allergy meds work best for you?

[Tori3569]

I use Claritin, but my husband who has more plant, leaf, tree kind of allergies swears by Allegra or the Costco version which I think is called Allertec 

[kaydee50]

Benadryl

[I am still oxox]

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@kaydee50 wrote:

Benadryl

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@kaydee50 Benadryl is very strong and will put people to sleep 

[I am still oxox]

I take either the Generic Claratin or Zyrtec depending what I have around 

[Lovestheshores]

Flonase Sensimist (fluticasone furoate)

[kaydee50]

@I am still oxox  Well, it works for me.  Dries me up so to speak and does not make me unusually sleepy.

[Mz iMac]

@Kachina624  RX & OTC Fluticasone Propionate

2 yrs ago I was diagnosed w/hay fever 2 weeks before DECEMBER 25th!  I live in the n/e & it was below 32 degrees.  WT!!!!!!

I had it so bad, by the time I was escorted into the office, I had already used up 1/2 box of Puff tissues.  Doc told me I had a junkie's nose. 

Doc gave me a shot butt & arm of the above.  Told me when the rx ran out to get the OTC version which is a nasal spray.

Both worked like a charm.  All symptoms (runny nose, relentless sneezing, itchy eyeballs, etc.) promptly disappeared within 24 hours.

Strange but true, symptoms return every December.  Never in spring, summer, fall type weather.  Never had allergies in my life till I turned 74....who knew?

[Thats Me]

I used to take Claritin but that was many years qgo. Now it's Allegra (generic)

[Kachina624]

@Mz iMac.  That's really weird.  My doctor prescribed a nasal spray anti-allergy.  I used it a couple weeks and got no relief at all.  Pitched the stuff.