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FBG Allergy med of choice (1 Viewer)

What is your go to Allergy Med?

  • Benadryl or other old school meds like chlorpheniramine

    Votes: 3 8.3%

  • Loratadine (Claritin)

    Votes: 8 22.2%

  • Cetirizine (Zyrtec)

    Votes: 9 25.0%

  • Fexofenadine (Allegra)

    Votes: 2 5.6%

  • Fluticasone (flonase)

    Votes: 7 19.4%

  • Mometasone furoate (Nasonex)

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • Laphroaig 18

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • Flawed. FBGs have no allergies.

    Votes: 2 5.6%

  • Other

    Votes: 3 8.3%
  • Total voters
    36
BowieMercs

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I've used generic claritin for years. I shifted to flonase recently after a spending 2 nights in a house with 2 great danes uncovered a nasty allergy to their dander or slobber. My bottle of flonase ran out so I may just wait to see if any seasonal allergy symptoms return before getting more (Costco seems to have the best prices BTW).

I was amazed at how well the flonase works for me... what works for the average FBG?

 
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Voted Benadryl, but also have tried zyrtec, claritin and allegra. Nothing works except not going to the crazy cat lady's house.

 
Brand name Claratin redi-tabs - the sublingual ones that dissolve.  Makes a huge difference.  Clears me up in less than ten minutes.

 
BowieMercs said:
I've used generic claritin for years. I shifted to flonase recently after a spending 2 nights in a house with 2 great danes uncovered a nasty allergy to their dander or slobber. My bottle of flonase ran out so I may just wait to see if any seasonal allergy symptoms return before getting more (Costco seems to have the best prices BTW).

I was amazed at how well the flonase works for me... what works for the average FBG?
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Just to clarify, flonase isn't an antihistamine (same for Nasonex).  It's an inhaled steroid.  The other 4 you listed above are antihistamines. 

If most of your symptoms are due to congestion and runny nose, the inhaled steroid may be all you need. 

 
I don't know what the hell this is that I'm taking, but a colleague recommended it and its worked great for my sinus pressure.  My doc prescribed me something like flonase and it didn't work so well.

 
Current for me is Allegra-D. Plain Allegra isn't enough. A med will usually work for me for a few years then just stop working and I have to switch. Tried Flonase. It worked well, but made my heart race. Benadryl knocks me right out.

 
I usued to have allergies until someone recommended I go to the local produce stand and buy local honey.  I put some on a waffle in the morning and in Green Tea in the afternoon.  I am happy with the results. 

 
half a generic lortadine or whatever the hell it's called. just for occasional scratchy throat sneezing garden-variety pollen allegries. Still not even sure what I'm allergic too and even if I knew it my food and pollen allergies seem to come and go.

 
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As a person that gets auto-immune therapy (allergy shots) and just had a septoplasty (deviated septum corrected and turbinate reduction), I use what my allergy doctor advises which is Zyrtec.  Its supposed to be the strongest, also helps with skin allergies, and I feel no side effects.  I take one everyday.

Side note, the septoplasty sucked bad for the first week but it has been immensely worth it.  Its amazing what a difference being able to breathe through your nose makes.

 
Mix of allegra and flonase or other spray.

Though, I have chronic sinus issues and am set for a 3rd surgery in the fall.

Claritin never did much for me...zyrtec was ok, but Allegra seems to work the best for me.

 
I avoid the -D variants of those meds... they make Mr Happy go limp (that's what you get if you have the fabled "erection that lasts more than 4 hours").

 
Poke_4_Life said:
As a person that gets auto-immune therapy (allergy shots) and just had a septoplasty (deviated septum corrected and turbinate reduction), I use what my allergy doctor advises which is Zyrtec.  Its supposed to be the strongest, also helps with skin allergies, and I feel no side effects.  I take one everyday.

Side note, the septoplasty sucked bad for the first week but it has been immensely worth it.  Its amazing what a difference being able to breathe through your nose makes.
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Zyrtec may work well for you but it's not the strongest.  The strongest antihistamines are things like Benadryl or Atarax.  The problem with them is that, while potent, they also have more side effects (mainly drowsiness).  The antihistamines like Zyrtec and Claritin and Allegra don't cause as much drowsiness but the result is that they also aren't as strong as a Benadryl.  It's usually enough for most people, however.

 
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Zyrtec may work well for you but it's not the strongest.  The strongest antihistamines are things like Benadryl or Atarax.  The problem with them is that, while potent, they also have more side effects (mainly drowsiness).  The antihistamines like Zyrtec and Claritin and Allegra don't cause as much drowsiness but the result is that they also aren't as strong as a Benadryl.  It's usually enough for most people, however.
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Sure, I meant its the strongest of the Zyrtec, Claritin, Allegra category.  Most people can't take Benadryl or Atarax as a maintenance drug.

 
I take Allegra D when things get real bad (nose stuff) but regular Allegra everyday otherwise. My biggest day to day issue is itchy, watery eyes. I use a generic of Zatidor ("Ketotifen Fumarate") daily. 

 
The flonase KO'd the itchy, watery eyes & sneezing brought on by exposure to the great danes. I'll probably go back to my generic claritin because its cheaper & I still have a bunch of it. But at least now I know I can get "the big guns" if needed.

 
Over the years I've gone back and forth between Claritin & Zyrtec but honestly I have no idea if they even work. 

Here's how it usually goes: I'll wake up with a sore throat and a lot of drainage. Then I'll start taking whatever is in my medicine cabinet but I'll still feel like crap for the next 3-4 days. After about a week I'm back to normal. 

This happens about 3-5 times a year. Mainly around December & March-May.

should I take allergy meds year-round? Or is it even allergies? 

 
I use generic claritin.  Started Flonase a year ago and much better.  During allergy season (I get hit hard) I use both.  Probably not great for me - but better than the Afrin I was on to clear me up..

 
I feel for those of you who suffer.  I don't know if a bad cold is a good analogy to allergies, it seems the symptoms are similarly described, but never having experienced the one I just do not know myself., though I presume it is.  I know this, I would rather break a finger or two than have a bad cold, and many of you who suffer do not have this for a week to ten days, but often months in a row for pollen sufferers, and maybe longer for some types.  Because it is common those of us unaffected sometimes forget the impact this must have.

 
Neilmed Sinus Rinse every day after my morning shower. Best allergy relief I've come across. I now take an allergy med (usually Clarinex-D when I do need a pill) maybe once or twice a YEAR. 

 
Zyrtec knocks me out in the middle of the afternoon. And it's not just me. Many others have the same issue.

I use Allegra.

 
Chemical X said:
your body can become addicted to afrin.
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I still use Neo-Synephrine spray when I have a real bad cold that leads to a completely stuffed nose 2-3x a year, but when I was in college I really was addicted because of how good I would immediately feel after using it. I started using the extra strength version because it would work even quicker, and I probably had built up a tolerance to the regular version. I would get real terrible nosebleeds, just gushing blood. I eventually kicked it and can now use it sparingly. 

 
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:lol:  LA guy here. That was the very article that made me stop using tap water and start using the distilled water as recommended. Perhaps they should have put a warning in big bold letters: BRAIN EATING AMOEBA!!1!~  Distilled water is less than a dollar a gallon, and using the Sinus Rinse (squirt bottle variety, not the neti pot, for me) every single day, I go through about 2-3 gallons of distilled water per month. Well worth keeping the few good brain cells I have left, IMO.

 
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