dingo
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Post by dingo on Mar 12, 2015 14:46:56 GMT -5
What do you do for bad seasonal allergies? My body doesnt seem to tolerate quercetin and am on allegra but I also need something more. Cant do any nasal steroids it seems anymore either.
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rheagan
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Look out world, I'm feeling better now!
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Post by rheagan on Mar 12, 2015 20:00:25 GMT -5
My husband gets pretty bad seasonal allergies and he finds using daily nasal irrigation helps. It's just water, salt and baking soda! Hope you find some relief!
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Post by mastermesh on Mar 15, 2015 4:11:06 GMT -5
I've started allergy shots myself... I was doing allergy drops about 2 years ago, but changed jobs so new insurance doesn't cover the drops, only the shots... I used to rely on clariton (loratadine) a lot, but recently when I was at the allergy clinic the lady administering the shots said that of the antihistamines clariton is the weakest... she said that weakest is clariton, next step up is allegra, and more powerful than that is zyrtec. She said that if none of those do the job, the next step up, which is a big one, is the liquid (not pill) form of benadryl. Benadryl pills put me to sleep a half hour after I take em, so I hate to think what the liquid stuff would do to me... I'm on zyrtec now but have clariton as a backup... Also use flow-nase from time to time, and also do the nasal irrigation bit sometimes... if you haven't been doing nasal irrigation, be aware that it'll dry out your skin a bit, and your eyes possibly with all of that saltwater... Also be sure to form the K sound shape with your tongue as you do it so that you don't drown yourself and get the saltwater going down the wrong pipe. The K sound shape is on the directions of one of the nasal irrigation boxes I read about one time. It works!
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