allergies/asthma

[Slowspoke]

I gave in today and tried some Allegra. Within 20 minutes I have almost stopped coughing. I do feel drowsy but I was drowsy before from coughing all night! I read that even though antihistamines all "do the same thing", we don't all react to them the same. We have to do trial and error to find the ones that work. I'll trade you my two boxes of Claritin and Claritin D for some Allegra

[Owlie]

I gave in today and tried some Allegra. Within 20 minutes I have almost stopped coughing. I do feel drowsy but I was drowsy before from coughing all night! I read that even though antihistamines all "do the same thing", we don't all react to them the same. We have to do trial and error to find the ones that work. I'll trade you my two boxes of Claritin and Claritin D for some Allegra

Claratin doesn't work on me. I haven't tried Clarinex, but since it's a metabolite of Claratin, I doubt that would work either. (On the other hand, Zyrtec, Claratin, and Allegra are all metabolites of hydroxyzine, so...)

[alexis_the_tiny]

Weird discovery: it's my 4th day on nasal steroids (Avamys) and my nose is no longer perpetually runny and blocked. Suddenly, I can smell everything, including the sweaty person half the bus away and the perfume of the high school girl walking past me. Wow.

[WindingRoad]

Patanol is the bomb-digity! BEST runny, itchy and red eye relief out there due to seasonal allergy. It is the ONLY thing that works for me right now.

[ny biker]

I switched to Zatidor last year because I was tired of having to go to a doctor to get a prescription for Patanol. It works okay for me. I went to buy more last night and discovered that Alaway is the same medicine, but comes in a bigger bottle for less money. Yippee.

I'm lucky that pollen does not have a big effect on me, other than itchy eyes (and a filthy car ). I hope it stays that way.

[alexis_the_tiny]

WindingRoad, since you mentioned that you use Patanol too, do you experience any of the side effects? My eyes are suddenly experiencing a dry, itchy feeling and I've been having ridiculous headaches for two days. Remembered the insert mentioning them. It was working so well though!!