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You must not have allergies. Congratulations. Joking aside, I wouldn't know a single thing about these drugs if I didn't have crushing seasonal allergies.

rvbissell 3y ago
My reply is a bit off-topic, but: I'm beginning to personally notice a correlation with sugar intake and degree of my allergy symptoms. I can't say if I was just oblivious before, or the personally correlation is recent. I started noticing it when I began avoiding foods containing sugars or breads. My allergies aren't completely gone, but they very much spike up when I relapse on my voluntary diet restriction.
- josefresco 3y ago
  While I can't say I have definitive proof, my allergies decreased significantly after I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, and as a result started consuming less sugar (among other things like dairy). I still get allergies, but much less severe than then first 3 decades of my life.
- Projectiboga 3y ago
  Allergies are worsened by dehydration. To rehydrate, drink one cup of water every 45 min and after you finish one put a speck of salt at the back of your tongue. Don't go over 8 max 10 cups in a day. Unless you're under extreme conditions you don't really need more than 5 cups per day once you're properly hydrated. The Eight Cups was developed for military basic training, not every day life. The other thing that can help allergies is washing your nose out with Ocean Nasal Spray (actual product name). The key is to pull it through your nose and caught it into your mouth and spit it out a couple of times in a row w fresh sprays. That clears mold and breaks that immune resistant slime, whatever it's called.
Nick87633 3y ago
I have seasonal allergies and I found an effective method for myself: When I realize the allergies are kicking in (usually after 6 hours of watery eyes and sneezing) I take a claritin and a zyrtec together, as well as spraying my nose with Flonase. Usually this knocks it off and I will keep taking one of the once-a-day meds for a bit to prevent reoccurrence. Zyrtec and Flonase together is probably the best normal combo and is generally accepted to be ok. Disclaimers: I'm not a doctor. Combining a nose spray and a pill is generally accepted practice and studied in several peer review studies I've seen. Stacking claritin and zyrtec pills together is not generally accepted practice, so don't do it.
- TillE 3y ago
  Yes, cetirizine and fluticasone are a good long-term treatment for allergies. Direct decongestants like pseudoephedrine are of limited use because you quickly develop a tolerance and they become ineffective. With corticosteroid nasal sprays, they work best after consistent use over several days and keep working more or less forever.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  Neither Claritin nor Zyrtec are options for me. They both make me very ill.
tpm 3y ago
I have a permanent non-allergic rhinitis, but even for allergic rhinitis you would be prescribed local steroids (momethasone mostly), or systemic antihistamines (desloratadine etc), or both, is this not common in the US?
- dreamcompiler 3y ago
  Yes. The third ingredient -- a decongestant like real sudafed -- is common too. Some people only need one or two of these drugs; others need all three at the same time.

rvbissell 3y ago

My reply is a bit off-topic, but: I'm beginning to personally notice a correlation with sugar intake and degree of my allergy symptoms. I can't say if I was just oblivious before, or the personally correlation is recent. I started noticing it when I began avoiding foods containing sugars or breads. My allergies aren't completely gone, but they very much spike up when I relapse on my voluntary diet restriction.

josefresco 3y ago
While I can't say I have definitive proof, my allergies decreased significantly after I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, and as a result started consuming less sugar (among other things like dairy). I still get allergies, but much less severe than then first 3 decades of my life.
Projectiboga 3y ago
Allergies are worsened by dehydration. To rehydrate, drink one cup of water every 45 min and after you finish one put a speck of salt at the back of your tongue. Don't go over 8 max 10 cups in a day. Unless you're under extreme conditions you don't really need more than 5 cups per day once you're properly hydrated. The Eight Cups was developed for military basic training, not every day life. The other thing that can help allergies is washing your nose out with Ocean Nasal Spray (actual product name). The key is to pull it through your nose and caught it into your mouth and spit it out a couple of times in a row w fresh sprays. That clears mold and breaks that immune resistant slime, whatever it's called.

Nick87633 3y ago

I have seasonal allergies and I found an effective method for myself: When I realize the allergies are kicking in (usually after 6 hours of watery eyes and sneezing) I take a claritin and a zyrtec together, as well as spraying my nose with Flonase. Usually this knocks it off and I will keep taking one of the once-a-day meds for a bit to prevent reoccurrence. Zyrtec and Flonase together is probably the best normal combo and is generally accepted to be ok. Disclaimers: I'm not a doctor. Combining a nose spray and a pill is generally accepted practice and studied in several peer review studies I've seen. Stacking claritin and zyrtec pills together is not generally accepted practice, so don't do it.

TillE 3y ago
Yes, cetirizine and fluticasone are a good long-term treatment for allergies. Direct decongestants like pseudoephedrine are of limited use because you quickly develop a tolerance and they become ineffective. With corticosteroid nasal sprays, they work best after consistent use over several days and keep working more or less forever.
JohnFen 3y ago
Neither Claritin nor Zyrtec are options for me. They both make me very ill.

tpm 3y ago

I have a permanent non-allergic rhinitis, but even for allergic rhinitis you would be prescribed local steroids (momethasone mostly), or systemic antihistamines (desloratadine etc), or both, is this not common in the US?

dreamcompiler 3y ago
Yes. The third ingredient -- a decongestant like real sudafed -- is common too. Some people only need one or two of these drugs; others need all three at the same time.