good medicine for hayfever :(

Also been really bad today, will have to go to phamacist ang get some eye drops and stuff,

as above shower and clean clothes make such a diffrence. If that isn't possible filling a sink with water prefflably cold, and dunking your head in it a few times, helps a lot. Pay special attention to washing eyebrows and any other hair.
 
Cetirizine Hydrochloride - ask your GP for a 'scrip after explaining your situation.

i have some on my desk right now
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i only seem to suffer from it every 2 years, its odd.

1 year i get it really bad, the next year not at all, then really bad the next year and so on, have been like this all my life.
 
an acquaintance told me today that there is some sort of red pill shaped light you stick up your nose over the course of 3 weeks (2 mins a day) and stops it... gonna google tomorrow.
 
I've been a hayfever (amongst other allergies) sufferer for years. Have taken Claratin (sp?), Piriton and various others to little effect so I finally went to see a private GP for a consultation this week. I've been prescribed a 5 day course of steroids (8 tablets each morning) to help clear me up, and then prescription hayfever tablets for each morning, 2 different nasal sprays to use every day and eye drops. That lot was £110 :eek:.

I did mention the jab but they've stopped giving Kenalog because of the long term side effects. As someone mentioned earlier, my next option is immunosuppressants.

If you're really really suffering, go and see a GP and tell them just how bad it is! If they don't give you some proper advice, get a new GP!
 
My problem is that hayfever brings on my asthma. Local honey, if you can find it is great however if I go travelling anywhere I just buy any medication and because I don't use it very often it doesn't really matter what I buy :)
 
666_Pounder said:
I suffer from really bad dust/hayfever allergies. I just take off the shelf stuff combined with a nasal spray, I've done the same thing everyday for the last 3 years or so, don't think about out it anymore.
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I do the same, i used to get it really bad but i find doubling up as such with the nasal spray and clarityn has really helped. As for the OP, finding the right cure for you is going to be a trial and error thing. However one thing i can recommend and laugh at me if you must is sunglasses if you can. No this is not just to hide your bloodshot swollen up eyes but i find it really does help. Obvioulsly there are circumstances where you can't wear them but it really helps me if i'm outside.

EDIT: forgot to mention like a previous poster i start early with the medication. I also agree with the idea of showering regularly and definitely wash your hair every day or when you get in as your hair is very good at retaining pollen
 
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My hayfever has been getting better last few years, no idea why just have noticed a reduction in symptoms etc etc. I did move house a few years ago so I wonder if I hit lucky and moved away from the main source of my allergy to a better area, win!

Except last night I woke up suffering which I have never ever done before so seems I was wrong.

Quite a few people seem to be suffering bad at the moment and wierdly quite a few mention its too early for them (was always late May for me as well that it started). So could it be anything to do with this damn volcano?

I bought an Ioniser recently and can really tell the better air quality, only way I can describe it is that cold spring morning when the air feels better, or if your a skiier the nice less polluted mountain air.
Maybe being near that cleaner air all day means I will suffer more when I go to the staler air in the bedroom, should try moving the ioniser I guess.

The glasses thing is a big win, especially on windy days, helps to keep pollen away from eyes.
 
Nearly every single hayfever medicine you buy will be Cetirizine Hydrochloride.
Just different brands - and you will pay for those brand names!
Go see your GP who will write you up for 10mg of Cetirizine Hydrochloride.
A "script" will give you a month's supply.

If that doesn't help, go back.
Your GP can then write you a script for 20mg of Cetirizine Hydrochloride (double the dose of nearly all the off-the-shelf options).
 
codec said:
an acquaintance told me today that there is some sort of red pill shaped light you stick up your nose over the course of 3 weeks (2 mins a day) and stops it... gonna google tomorrow.
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inph said:
Red light allergy reliever Lloydspharmacy Hayfever/Allergy Reliever.

Was on offer for £15 when bought last year, cured my hayfever almost permanently within a few days.
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i get hayfever really badly too. it hasnt started yet, but i think thats because of the plant which affects me most hasn't flowered yet.

i have one of those lloyds pharmacy nose things, but it doesnt seem to work. i actually think it might be a placebo of some sort..

is there anyway to pinpoint which sort of plant affects me? not that i can do anything about it.
 
i never got hay fever until i was 25, now it gets worse every year. could barely breathe on friday and saturday, especially on the night. went to the docotrs on saturday and she prescribed a daily pill and an inhaler and i'm much improved though still not right
 
didn't realise we had so many wimps/girls on here (mostly joke)

My gf takes piriton one a day things, seem to do the trick for her, she is going to see about getting the jab for this summer though.
 
Abraham said:
didn't realise we had so many wimps/girls on here (mostly joke)

My gf takes piriton one a day things, seem to do the trick for her, she is going to see about getting the jab for this summer though.
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I have tried on several occasions to get the "death jab" but have failed :( My doc won't allow it - I can go private, however. I'm going to try that red light thing this year.
 
Take about 4 of the cheap one a day non drowsy allergy relief. Thats what I do, one is never enough.

I also experimented with crushing the pills and snorting them for a while, it offers unbelievable short term relief, but thats the key, short term, like 10 minutes. And just leaves your nose in a state so it's a waste of time.
 
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