Hayfever advice
 

Hey all,

Its getting to that time of year again when I start leaking fluid from my nose and sneezing like I'm about to have a fit.

Anyone recommend a decent hayfever medicine that won't knock me out and lasts for at least the length of a ride out?

Most things I have tried just want me to curl up and take a train ride to the land of nod. OK when working, not OK when riding.

I havent tried it yet, but I would imagine a sneezing fit at 70mph would be very bad indeed....

TIA

Gordon

Re: Hayfever advice
 

personally i dont get it while im riding .... its when i stop that it hits me :|
I usually use the nasal spray thingys and they work farily well as long as you remember to take them.

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I'm on Neoclaritin which is a perscription drug - but 'kin good! I manage a park, operate some nasty machinery so need something that is non-drowsy and this stuff works!

Go to your quack and see what he gives you - everyone needs different stuff
Enjoy :cyclopsani:

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Pescription drugs cost a mint though.

Neoclaritin is available over the counter no? Sure I have seen it in Boots.

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I agree with Caddy, nothing over-the-counter works for me either.

Get down the Doc's - he'll have some sort of potion that suits you.

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Hi mate - I work in Pharamceuticals and so I am lucky in that I can get hold of discounted medicines at our on-site pharmacy :cool: .

I suffer really bad hayfever too, but they sell 'Piriteze' tablets here which work a treat. You take one a day and they last pretty much the whole day. Get 7 in a pack and I can pick them up here for around £1.25 per pack of 7, no idea how much they are in the shops. The tablets are cetirizine hydrochloride and they deal with pretty much all allergies, not just hayfever.

Having said that , I used to take Tesco own brand generic hayfever tablets and they were pretty effective also, and they were around £1 / pack of 7.

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I find that Clayrityn works for me, one a day lasts all day.

Superdrug do their own version which costs about half the price and has the same active ingredients in it so I buy that now instead.

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Hmmm,

It seems that it is indeed horses for courses.

I will take your advice on board, but I think first stop is the vets.

Thanks all.

G

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move to wales:)

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Ditto had since a kid. Can't remember what I take - probably Clartyn or something like that, but dispensed with sprays and eye drops as they didn't work for me. I would suggest seeing your Doc as there are new ones coming on the market from time to time. Its cheaper as well if you're taking them daily and of course you can find out the ones best for you from someone edikated!

My mother used to get injections but never seemed that good to me. I tend to find that I get a couple of bad weeks whatever I do then it settles down for the most part provided I keep popping the pills.

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That's probably the stuff I get but without the retailer packaging. I get a months supply i.e.30 tabs for one prescription price (£6.95 ish?) not sure how that relates to retail prices but if it was left to me to buy that way I would keep forgetting!

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I use a nasal spray of some sort when it's bad, and boots' own daily tablets mopst of the time, they work well for me. I almost got some homeopathic stuff once:

Me: "Can I take these at the same time as these other treatments?"
Pharmacist: "Yes, because they don't do anything at all"

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I have suffered from hay fever since I was a child and taken most things at one time or another. I do find a medicine will work for so long then stop working, I dont know if the body builds up a resistance to them.
At the moment Flixonase seems to work for me.....

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I find even the non-drowsy ones, still make me feel thick headed, nazzy and drowsy. At the moment my throat seems most affected...I wake up every morning with a raspy throat and my eyes stuck together.....nice:rolleyes:

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I usually get the Boots own-brand stuff - comes in packs of 30 tablets, one a day is plenty and doesn't make me drowsy - I commute on the bike and haven't had any probs with dozing off or sneezing fits! :lol:

IIRC they do 2 versions - Cetirizine (sp?) and Loratadine, I've tried both and they seem to be equally effective. Also, Boots seem to put all their hayfever stuff on a 'buy 2 get 3rd free' offer every year - brill for me cos I get the eye drops too. In fact, I'm off to Boots tomorrow to stock up! :wink:

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I find Loratidine works the best for me, much better than citiride hydrochloride. The cheapo packs are just as good as forking out for brands, as it is the same chemical! Try a few, then get the one that works the best.

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I find that most of the OTC stuff works for me, but only if I take it early in the morning before the inside of my nose gets irritated from too much sneezing. Once it gets to that point Iam flubbered for the day unless I got and sit in a steamy bathroom for a couple of hours!
Unfortunatly its Rape pollen that effects me most and the Bl00dy stuff is everywhere!

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Oh bad luck, it's miserable. I use Neoclarityn from the doc, and Beconase spray. The over the counter stuff doesn't hit the spot. Here in Shropshire we have vast amounts of oil seed rape in full bloom at the minute, it's terrible stuff, often when I go out the bike is coated in yellow dust. Wifey gets Telfast from the doc - that is serious stuff but it's completely non-drowsy and it doesn't seem to have any after effects. The consultant at the Nuffield prescribed it last year and said to take it on a continuous basis from April to September.

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Ask your GP about getting a Kenilog corticosteroid injection - one injection in April is usually enough to see me through the whole summer. You have to argue hard to get it and have tried and failed with other treatments but I found it worked a treat. There are side-effects sometimes as with all steriod based treatements but if you suffer hayfever 24x7 from March to October you have to weigh up the pros and cons. No tablets, no drowsiness, no sniffing, no sneezing (not good with the visor down) & no sore eyes.

For the squeamish amongst you I'll put you in the picture - it's a big needle and it goes in your a*se. Yeap... so tempting to say the obvious but I won't.

Mike.

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My drug of the week is benadryl, and gotta say, loving it. It has a decongestant in it, so I'm not forever sniffing! And it's not drowsy!

My pharmacist recommended that I start eating local honey from the start of the year to build up an immune system. However, I get hayfever from grass seed, rather than pollen, so prob wouldn't be effective for me! But worth a go for others. She also said to start taking tablets in Feb/March time (Alright for those with bottomless pockets!) and that would start building up an immunity too.

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If you want to save money on OTC stuff, try Boots own brand hayfever tablets. They do buy one get one free on their own stuff BUT they only have boxes of 7 on display... however ask at the counter & you'll find that boxes of 30 are available with the same deal and what's more they only cost about £2 more than the box of 7. You can get 2 months worth of tablets for about £8. No wonder they hide them away...

Mike.

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Hi all,

After a visit to the vets this morning he has put me on Neoclarityn.

Seems to do the trick tbh but its only been a day.

Need to remember to take them now....

He recommended starting taking it a couple of weeks before the season starts which makes sense when you think about it!

Apparently its tree pollen that does for me as I only suffer for May and June.

Wifey also informs me due to us being skint having just started my own business we get free perscriptions. Bonus!

G