The Hayfever Thread - Remedies, whats yours?

[Rags]

This time of year is great however its also the start of the sneezing and eye watering for me - Bloody Hayfever!


I usually try eye drops, homeopathy tablets ,piriteze or Clarytyn and some vaseline in the old nostrils when I sleep.

So, how do you cope with the increased pollen count? Very interested to know as its the part of the summer I most dread!

[scotal]

I've had acupuncture in the past, which helps. but gets bloody expennsive pretty quickly.

This year I'm taking some herbal pills.... they seem to work so far, be interesting what happends come May/June time though.

[jshell]

I had terrible, terrible HF for years until I was prescribed Beconase Nasal Spray the 'aqueous solution'. It seemed to cure me and I haven't suffered at all for about 3 years now! It's off prescription now too.

[cslgirl]

Wear sunglasses and get the strong drugs from the Dr's.

I recently discovered that the ones they sell in Boots are only have a small amount of whatever it is needed in mg compared to the Dr's ones. It was something like 5mg of X and then I compared these tabs to my friends that she got prescribed and they had 120mg of X in it.

I am now pregnant and can take sweet FA so am not looking forward to the coming months of hayfever.

[Small Car]

I have it bad, but only at the w/e's as in the week I am in an a/c office and never leave. So I take an anti hist on waking on Sat and Sun and then regularly wash my face and eyes with cold water which soothes them throughout bad periods.

In the old days I used to take an anti hist for 2 weeks and this teneded to build up a resistance for the rest of the summer. I might be thinking this but it seemed to work.

[whitechief]

Rags said:

This time of year is great however its also the start of the sneezing and eye watering for me - Bloody Hayfever!


I usually try eye drops, homeopathy tablets ,piriteze or Clarytyn and some vaseline in the old nostrils when I sleep.

So, how do you cope with the increased pollen count? Very interested to know as its the part of the summer I most dread!

For my eyes I use Opticrom, from a Pharmacist, as a general Anti-histamine Cetirazine is good IMO

[Scraggles]

during the winter, a spoon of honey cappings every day, helps a lot

[Munter]

Nothing else works anymore. Certainly avoid anything which says "one a Day". One a day my arse.

Used to have the Opticrom eye drops as a kid but they are not so effective against the breathing problems.

[mcflurry]

Eating a little local honey daily is supposed to be quite good

I'm giving it a go, and so far (touch wood) no anti-hists have been required, although it's still early days...

[paulmurr]

mcflurry said:

Eating a little local honey daily is supposed to be quite good

I'm giving it a go, and so far (touch wood) no anti-hists have been required, although it's still early days...

+1 - something to do with your body becoming used to the local pollen so it doesn't irritate you so much.

[VxDuncan]

Last year I used one of these couple of times a day.
http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/webapp/wcs/stores/se...

Am not kidding, it really seemed to work! Granted it wasn't 100% perfect, but I survived a day quad biking in a grass field without sneezing too much. Previous years I would have been hacking my head off with a rusty fence post.

[Rags]

Thanks for the responses.

Lets see if more than a handful of people have hayfever on PH, LOL

[scotal]

VxDuncan said:

Last year I used one of these couple of times a day.
http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/webapp/wcs/stores/se...

Am not kidding, it really seemed to work! Granted it wasn't 100% perfect, but I survived a day quad biking in a grass field without sneezing too much. Previous years I would have been hacking my head off with a rusty fence post.

Do you shove that thing up your nose?

[scotal]

Rags said:

Thanks for the responses.

Lets see if more than a handful of people have hayfever on PH, LOL

They do.... threads pop up every year.... but health matters may be a little obscure for a lot of folks.........

[A - W]

Yes the time of year is here, sneezing and the itching eyes have started.
Tablets, Beconase nose inhaler and eye drops are all required. Kept on top of it last year but still annoying when you have the twenty or so sneezes.

[deviant]

Beconase does stuff all for me and neither does any sort of natural remedy.

Over the counter stuff only works for me if it has Desloratadine in it but with me its no good just taking them occasionally or waiting until the hayfever starts, I have to consistently take them to build them up in my system....well thats my theory anyway.

Occasionally I will get hayfever anyway and I find the best help is a cool shower and wearing sunnies outside.

[veetwin]

I get HF so badly that over the counter remedies don't even dent it. I get 3 months worth of Telfast tablets and 3 bottles of Rhinocort steroid based nasal spray. This lasts half way through from March until June then I get another lot to see out the summer. I don't get any symptoms whatsoever when using this combination. Great when motorcycling with your visor open in July!

[King Herald]

Rags said:

This time of year is great however its also the start of the sneezing and eye watering for me - Bloody Hayfever!


I usually try eye drops, homeopathy tablets ,piriteze or Clarytyn and some vaseline in the old nostrils when I sleep.

So, how do you cope with the increased pollen count? Very interested to know as its the part of the summer I most dread!

The secret to combating hay fever is to start taking the medications before the season even starts, and take them EVERY day until you are sure it is over. Just tossing a tab down your neck whenever you wake up sneezing is no good.

Our local nurse is an asthma specialist, and seeing as I also suffer hay fever related asthma she advised I take my brown inhaler every morning during the season, take a shot of Beconase every morning, take a Boots non-drowsy Loratadyne tab at the same time, plus a shot on the Beconase at night, without fail, every day. It works, and I hardly suffer now.




I suffered miserably every summer when I was in my teens and twenties, as all my friends would be having a ball on bike rallies and partying in general, and I'd be sneezing a wheezing all day. I went overseas for a long time, and when I came back it was straight into the same misery the first summer, but then I saw the nurse who gave me the magic formula/system.

[Dover Nige]

I've just picked up some more Zirtek from my GP as last years supply has run out. Doesn't seem to do too much though.

A friend has suggested "Luffa Complex" as it's worked wonders for another friend of hers. Anyone heard of it or tried it..?

[mcanny]

Hard to type this without it sounding like random spam but I've just taken delivery of 180 generic 10mg Cetirizine Hydrochloride tablets from a company called Chemist Direct:

http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk

I paid 28p for each pack of 30 tablets, £1.68 for 6 packs plus £2.95 P&P, they came within a few days of the order being placed and were sent recorded.

Unfortunately they have now gone up a little bit but are still pretty cheap. Prices seem to fluctuate between 28p and 49p a pack, at the time of writing they are 29p for 30.

Because they are "generic" and not branded they come in a lot cheaper than the chemist.

Zirtec and Benadryl are Cetirizine Hydrochloride
Claritin is Loratadine, these come in at about 69p for 30 on the site above but may work better for some people, Cetirizine seems to do the trick for me but sometimes a blast of nose spray and / or eye drops come into play if it's really bad.

Obviously you should probably consult a doctor before randomly buying medication on the Internet. I have no connection with the site and have nothing to gain from anyone else using it, I just wanted to pass on a good deal in a relevant thread as I was pleased with their service and I know how annoying it is to get shafted for hayfever tablets every year. Chemists often do generic stuff much cheaper than branded but you have to ask for it and they can be a bit coy about selling it over the counter.