Hey guys, unfortunately I have to suffer yearly when the Irish weather decides to be good! currently down with hay fever any recommendations on what helps it ease of? am currently taking Cetriz tablets.  |
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Zirtec or Piriton tablets are a really good antihysthamine tablet and you can try Beconase nasal spray along with them. Theyre available over the counter at any good pharmacy. If the hayfever is particularly bad and affecting your sight and normal daily life, go to your Gp and ask for Graxax. Its only available on prescription and takes a bit of time to build up to give you immunity to the allergens in hayfever. I hope this helps you.  |
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Thanks Alot guys. its mostly running nose that is the issue now, cant sleep at night!! cant go Gp either as am still waiting for my Medical card to be sent to me will Just go get a Nasal spray in a pharmacy |
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"Thanks Alot guys. its mostly running nose that is the issue now, cant sleep at night!! cant go Gp either as am still waiting for my Medical card to be sent to me will Just go get a Nasal spray in a pharmacy "
Zirtec or piriton tablets are not expensive and available over the counter. Try them along with a nasal spray to relieve the symptoms  |
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My hubby suffers terribly with hay fever and allergies to basically everything. He's on a prescription antihistimine called telfast and avamys nasal spray and seeks to be working but they aren't cheap. One of my kids has it had as well and I have to change his antihistimines every year as they seem to lose their effect. This year it's centrine that's working. It's a horrible thing.  |
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"My hubby suffers terribly with hay fever and allergies to basically everything. He's on a prescription antihistimine called telfast and avamys nasal spray and seeks to be working but they aren't cheap. One of my kids has it had as well and I have to change his antihistimines every year as they seem to lose their effect. This year it's centrine that's working. It's a horrible thing. "
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"My hubby suffers terribly with hay fever and allergies to basically everything. He's on a prescription antihistimine called telfast and avamys nasal spray and seeks to be working but they aren't cheap. One of my kids has it had as well and I have to change his antihistimines every year as they seem to lose their effect. This year it's centrine that's working. It's a horrible thing.
I've no idea. Hubby's were €34 for the 2 for a month but they are really working. And his allergies are really really bad.
Would these medication be cheaper up the north ? "
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I know what you mean! I have a nasal spray prescribed to me back in december when I last had it, and on the bottle it said expiring 2018 so I was going to keep using it, but I always adviced not to and to get a new prescription? I know nothing about medicines and that so took the advice. |
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"My hubby suffers terribly with hay fever and allergies to basically everything. He's on a prescription antihistimine called telfast and avamys nasal spray and seeks to be working but they aren't cheap. One of my kids has it had as well and I have to change his antihistimines every year as they seem to lose their effect. This year it's centrine that's working. It's a horrible thing.
Would these medication be cheaper up the north ? "
Well they are in England, about 10p a tablet. I always buy a ganzy load when over. |
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"I know what you mean! I have a nasal spray prescribed to me back in december when I last had it, and on the bottle it said expiring 2018 so I was going to keep using it, but I always adviced not to and to get a new prescription? I know nothing about medicines and that so took the advice."
Medication such as hayfever remedies,mild pain and headache tablets can survive after the expiration date has passed. The potency or effectiveness can decrease which is why you were probably advised to use unopened medication. |
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"I used get an injection called (kenalog) not sure if correct spelling but found it great I had very bad hay fever"
Its the only thing that works for severe hayfever, i get it too, Kenilog. The dosage for it can only be gotten be prescription, 1 per year max but rumours are that it will soon be phased out due to links with osteoporosis. We all pray that doesnt happen |
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"I used get an injection called (kenalog) not sure if correct spelling but found it great I had very bad hay fever
Its the only thing that works for severe hayfever, i get it too, Kenilog. The dosage for it can only be gotten be prescription, 1 per year max but rumours are that it will soon be phased out due to links with osteoporosis. We all pray that doesnt happen"
That drug was actually banned in the Uk in 1999. Its a very severe steroid that suppresses the immune system leaving people open to measles,mumps,chicken pox and other such ailments. As well not allowing the body to cope with trauma and shock in.the event of an accident. It can leave scars like pock marks and cause muscle astrophy. Theres court cases in Ireland where people who recieved this drug were not informed by their GP of the serious and dangerous side effects of this. In cases of severe hayfever a GP would prescribe an oral steroid as its a controlled and gradual dosage along with antihisthamines and nasal sprays.These have been found to work just as well if not better for hay fever sufferers without the complications. |
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"I used get an injection called (kenalog) not sure if correct spelling but found it great I had very bad hay fever
Its the only thing that works for severe hayfever, i get it too, Kenilog. The dosage for it can only be gotten be prescription, 1 per year max but rumours are that it will soon be phased out due to links with osteoporosis. We all pray that doesnt happen
That drug was actually banned in the Uk in 1999. Its a very severe steroid that suppresses the immune system leaving people open to measles,mumps,chicken pox and other such ailments. As well not allowing the body to cope with trauma and shock in.the event of an accident. It can leave scars like pock marks and cause muscle astrophy. Theres court cases in Ireland where people who recieved this drug were not informed by their GP of the serious and dangerous side effects of this. In cases of severe hayfever a GP would prescribe an oral steroid as its a controlled and gradual dosage along with antihisthamines and nasal sprays.These have been found to work just as well if not better for hay fever sufferers without the complications."
Been down that route, doesnt work for me, hence the kenilog |
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"If you can find a local honey producer in your area a spoonful of the honey helps with relieveing the symptoms "
We've tried that and it didn't help. It's supposed to help you build up resistance to the pollen as its local honey made by bees used the local pollen. It didn't work for my hubby or son. It doesn't actually alleviate any symptoms. |
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"If you can find a local honey producer in your area a spoonful of the honey helps with relieveing the symptoms
We've tried that and it didn't help. It's supposed to help you build up resistance to the pollen as its local honey made by bees used the local pollen. It didn't work for my hubby or son. It doesn't actually alleviate any symptoms. "
Your hubby sounds particularly bad Snow  telfast contains fexofenadine..a strong antihistamine that treats rhinitis including hay fever, nasal congestion and urticaria (hives). If its working for him then great as hay fever can be a very miserable condition.The over the counter medication youre giving your son can mask the condition rather than treat it and he ll become immune to these quickly,hence the need to change brands so often. Try prevalin nasal spray for him combined with prev allergy in tablet form.A trip to the beach for a couple of hours can ease symptoms drastically for sufferers cos the air is clean with no pollen.just a tip if youd like to try it. |
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I suffer from hayfever really bad there are days I'm stuck in bed with it, but I take all the tablets nasal spray and eye drops and they all help but I also take local honey were sunglasses and put vasoleine on my nose on really bad days it helps stop the pollen from going up, also washing hands face and hair regularly is helpful (I know its easy for a man). All these thing help me enjoy the good weather and without them u would be bed Roddenberry's |
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Suffering from an allergy such as hay fever can be debilitating. It can leave you lethargic, impatient, and unable to think clearly.
As with all treatments it requires specialist intervention by a good professional consultant to manage and resolve it for you.
The Cinderella approach is to ascertain exactly what it is that you are sensitive to. House dust, cats, pepper, personal product that contain pure alcohol can cause reactions, whilst we can manage these alone, then perhaps a certain pollen, of which there are many, arrives and this tips you past the point of coping.
Only by identifying the source of the primary allergy can you really know what medication will be required to manage they way your body responds.
It's really important to have skin prick testing combined with patch testing (up to 400 substances) and blood analysis.
Most of us will react to cat and pepper samples in some way. By reading the results and combined with seasonal observation a good consultant can identify the specific cause of the allergy. For example the seed of rye or timothy grass.
Only then a programme for treatment begin, once this has been tried and tested to work over say 2/3 years should you consider a more permanent desensitisation to the substance with the like of the previously mentioned Grazax.
Hay fever and allergies can be cured. Because they develop from a young age, often many people don't know what its like to be free of the symptoms and how devitalising and cloudy their life is. When the allergy is treated, people can't believe how focussed they can become and how different life is. 
For those who are using Kenelog, consider getting a Dexa scan now and another in a couple of years to monitor if the steroid is having an effect on your bone density. |
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"If you can find a local honey producer in your area a spoonful of the honey helps with relieveing the symptoms
We've tried that and it didn't help. It's supposed to help you build up resistance to the pollen as its local honey made by bees used the local pollen. It didn't work for my hubby or son. It doesn't actually alleviate any symptoms.
Your hubby sounds particularly bad Snow telfast contains fexofenadine..a strong antihistamine that treats rhinitis including hay fever, nasal congestion and urticaria (hives). If its working for him then great as hay fever can be a very miserable condition.The over the counter medication youre giving your son can mask the condition rather than treat it and he ll become immune to these quickly,hence the need to change brands so often. Try prevalin nasal spray for him combined with prev allergy in tablet form.A trip to the beach for a couple of hours can ease symptoms drastically for sufferers cos the air is clean with no pollen.just a tip if youd like to try it. "
I know they are horrendous allergies. I've never seen anyone as bad as him. He gets swollen watery eyes, hives, rashes you name it he gets it. The only thing he's not allergic too is cats which I am allergic to but I only sneeze. Poor chap but the new meds seem to be helping a lot no swollen eyes for the past week |
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