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Hey chaps,
I have over the past 3 years started to suffer from hayfever and this year is the worst. The start of the summer is always fine for me, but it is the middle July till September when I suffer really badly.
Now I hear you say, "why don't you take hayfever tablets?".. Well I did that, but my stomach was really not happy with this and I spent many an hour on the throne. I have tried all the hayfever tablets in boots, all of which upset my stomach. Now it is too much, constantly sneezing and feeling really rough. What can I do about this? I don't mind tablets which will make me feel drousey, as that is much better than hayfever symptoms. Plus coffee always helps the drouseyness
Thanks for your advice,
Vinny
I have over the past 3 years started to suffer from hayfever and this year is the worst. The start of the summer is always fine for me, but it is the middle July till September when I suffer really badly.
Now I hear you say, "why don't you take hayfever tablets?".. Well I did that, but my stomach was really not happy with this and I spent many an hour on the throne. I have tried all the hayfever tablets in boots, all of which upset my stomach. Now it is too much, constantly sneezing and feeling really rough. What can I do about this? I don't mind tablets which will make me feel drousey, as that is much better than hayfever symptoms. Plus coffee always helps the drouseyness
Thanks for your advice,
Vinny
Go and see your local pharmacist (preferably independent not Boots or Lloyds or supermarket) and ask for a beclomethasone nasal spray and some sodium cromoglycate eye drops.
Squirt the spray twice in each nostril every morning and night
Put a drop in each eye four times day
Do the above every day without fail until the end of September. This is the key to sucess- many many people give up/ can't be arsed after a few days and come back complaining that the drugs haven't worked!
Ignore any advice about taking honey or anything homeopathic....
You've been very unlucky with oral antihistamines, most people can take them without problems
Squirt the spray twice in each nostril every morning and night
Put a drop in each eye four times day
Do the above every day without fail until the end of September. This is the key to sucess- many many people give up/ can't be arsed after a few days and come back complaining that the drugs haven't worked!
Ignore any advice about taking honey or anything homeopathic....
You've been very unlucky with oral antihistamines, most people can take them without problems
I use Beconase nose spray morning and night, from the start of summer, before hay fever kicks in, until the end.
I also take Boots home brand Loritadine hayfever tabs, every morning without fail, again, from before the first sneeze of the season, until the end. Unfortunatly you can't use that part of the deal.
I also get hay fever related asthma, but the brown inhaler, every morning, from before the start of... You get the picture.
This regime has worked for me for the last five years or so. I just wish I'd known this secret 30 years ago, my life would have been so much different.
Anyway, we've now left the UK, to live in the Philippines, where they also have their own brand of hay fever.....
I also take Boots home brand Loritadine hayfever tabs, every morning without fail, again, from before the first sneeze of the season, until the end. Unfortunatly you can't use that part of the deal.
I also get hay fever related asthma, but the brown inhaler, every morning, from before the start of... You get the picture.
This regime has worked for me for the last five years or so. I just wish I'd known this secret 30 years ago, my life would have been so much different.
Anyway, we've now left the UK, to live in the Philippines, where they also have their own brand of hay fever.....
Paul Dishman said:
Ignore any advice about taking honey or anything homeopathic
bulls
t !Find your local beekeeper, ask them for honey cappings
eg
http://www.paynesbeefarm.co.uk/store/Honey-Combs-p... costs more than honey....
Eat a spoon of this during the winter period, helps to desensitise you to the pollen, or you can try Paul's advice and get drugged up on the happy pills
I have suffered mild hayfever for years and normally take the usual antihistamines pills which often help but dont get rid off the problem completely. This year on the advice of a friend I decided to try the light therapy gadgets. I wasnt convinced it would help but must admit I felt like it made a noticeable difference within a few day. So much so that I now only take pills for hayfever on really bad days.
http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/webapp/wcs/stores/se...
http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/webapp/wcs/stores/se...
My hayfever was really bad when i was younger, however the last 2/3 years i've been fine... that was until June this year! The worst i've ever been!
a friend of mine recommended one of thosee electronic allergy reliever things you get from Lloyds pharmacy (about 10 quid). It actually works!
a friend of mine recommended one of thosee electronic allergy reliever things you get from Lloyds pharmacy (about 10 quid). It actually works!
Scraggles said:
Paul Dishman said:
Ignore any advice about taking honey or anything homeopathic
bullst !Find your local beekeeper, ask them for honey cappings
eg
http://www.paynesbeefarm.co.uk/store/Honey-Combs-p... costs more than honey....
Eat a spoon of this during the winter period, helps to desensitise you to the pollen, or you can try Paul's advice and get drugged up on the happy pills
Paul Dishman said:
There's no reliable scientific evidence that honey works, there's plenty of evidence that the therapy I've quoted works and there aren't any happy pills involved!
honey and honey cappings are different, if you had read the link you might have worked it outhoney is filtered free of pollen, propolis etc
honey cappings is about half honey and the rest pollen, bits of wax, propolis etc
Tried it every day during the winter and only took pills when away for a long week in the middle of a dry spell, in any case did not need to the pills, but good to have them along, they used to make me happy by stopping the hayfever....
Suggestion is to try the spoonful of honey cappings over winter and if it does not work, no big loss
not having any itching, sniffly nose etc during the summer is really nice as had to sometimes double up on the dosage to make them work
Scraggles said:
Paul Dishman said:
There's no reliable scientific evidence that honey works, there's plenty of evidence that the therapy I've quoted works and there aren't any happy pills involved!
honey and honey cappings are different, if you had read the link you might have worked it outhoney is filtered free of pollen, propolis etc
honey cappings is about half honey and the rest pollen, bits of wax, propolis etc
Tried it every day during the winter and only took pills when away for a long week in the middle of a dry spell, in any case did not need to the pills, but good to have them along, they used to make me happy by stopping the hayfever....
Suggestion is to try the spoonful of honey cappings over winter and if it does not work, no big loss
not having any itching, sniffly nose etc during the summer is really nice as had to sometimes double up on the dosage to make them work
Mobile Chicane said:
Sudafed tablets (Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride - pharmacy only). These are more effective than antihistamines, don't cause drowsiness, and are about a 1/4 of the price.
These will dry up excess nasal secretions and can be useful for short term use only. You wouldn't want to be taking pseudoephedrine every day though.paul
honey and honey cappings are different, did you not check out the links or any info I gave u for fukcs sake ?
yes a trial with filtered honey is probably not going to do a lot, the honey cappings is not a pure substance and cant easily be quantified as one spoon will be different to the next
clinical trilas love to have pure and easily repliacted stuff to work with
cappings will never be that
good luck to a reliance on drugs, whilst still having itchy eyes in the evening, somehting i no longer suffer with
honey and honey cappings are different, did you not check out the links or any info I gave u for fukcs sake ?
yes a trial with filtered honey is probably not going to do a lot, the honey cappings is not a pure substance and cant easily be quantified as one spoon will be different to the next
clinical trilas love to have pure and easily repliacted stuff to work with
cappings will never be that
good luck to a reliance on drugs, whilst still having itchy eyes in the evening, somehting i no longer suffer with
Ive suffured from Hayfever for as long as I can remember. Moved up North from London and it became worse due to all the farms that I lived near. My normal medication (Cetrizine and Beconaze) werent as effective anymore. So I got my Dr to refer my to an imunology clinic for disensitisation injections. These have helped but I still get symptons although its not meant to be a cure anyway.
Dont bother with Lotradine as Ive been told by a Professor of Imunology that its so weak they use it as a placebo!
Dont bother with Lotradine as Ive been told by a Professor of Imunology that its so weak they use it as a placebo!
Paul Dishman said:
Mobile Chicane said:
Sudafed tablets (Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride - pharmacy only). These are more effective than antihistamines, don't cause drowsiness, and are about a 1/4 of the price.
These will dry up excess nasal secretions and can be useful for short term use only. You wouldn't want to be taking pseudoephedrine every day though.Anthony Micallef said:
Ive suffured from Hayfever for as long as I can remember. Moved up North from London and it became worse due to all the farms that I lived near. My normal medication (Cetrizine and Beconaze) werent as effective anymore. So I got my Dr to refer my to an imunology clinic for disensitisation injections. These have helped but I still get symptons although its not meant to be a cure anyway.
Dont bother with Lotradine as Ive been told by a Professor of Imunology that its so weak they use it as a placebo!
Lotradine? or Loritadine? I used it for several years, and once I started using it properly I was hay fever free for almost every summer of the last five years. Dont bother with Lotradine as Ive been told by a Professor of Imunology that its so weak they use it as a placebo!
Mind you, I was also snorting Beconase twice a day, which may or may not have been the active ingredient in my cure.
Get HayMax! Highly recommend it.
http://www.haybalm.f2s.com/
http://www.haybalm.f2s.com/
Edited by SXi Lad on Thursday 12th August 18:41
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