greg what does the ioniser do??...

does it clean the air??

is it a plug in one-
cost??

my wife could do with somehting similar- she cant sleep at night for sneezing etc..

Don't get me started about sneezing wives. :roll:

I will happily give anything a go. Shame lids don't come with pollen filters :lol:

I tried Beconase, problem is you stuff the thing up your nose (inhaler thingy) and snif and it worked a treat, no good if you nose is err blocked cos of hay feaver or its runnning soo much you risk drowning if you inhale.

I take Piroton tablets these days, stuff em up your nose to stop it running. :shock:

Just watch out with Piriton, as while effective, it can make you drowsy.

Thats why they make non Drowsy one... but there more expencive. But they do work... So My missus is "telling me "

I have been cursed with dreaded hayfever from the age of 6 and tried everything.

The main antihistemines used in hayfever treatments are
loratadine (e.g. Clarytin), cetirizine (e.g. Zirtec) and chlorpheniramine (e.g Piriton)

All of them work in basically the same way blocking the histamine binding to its receptors.

Chlorpheniramine is sedating antihistemine and will cause drowsiness, I think piriton now do a non drowsy but I don't know what the active ingedient is.
Different antihistemines work differently for different people, I find that cetirizine works best for me.
I find the becanase nasal spray works well for me, but only the prescription one, the off the shelf one has little effect on me.

I had a steriod injection for my arthritic shoulder two years ago and didn't suffer with my hayfever at all that year either :D

You can have a steroid injection specifically for hayfever but GP's seem very reluctant to administer this.

Ionisers work well but unfortunately you can't take them out on the bike with you.

And here's the worst news, Beer contains histamine and subsequently will make your hayfever worse :( :( :(

My family GP has been prescribing Telfast (fexofenadine) to most of us for a few years now. Can't say I saw any real improvement. My havfever (if that's what it is) usually starts in Feb or so when the first trees start flowering. All those lovely catkins - bah!