I've been a hay fever sufferer for as long as I can remember, typically my problems start at the end of May and are normally over by the end of July.
When I was young, and drowsyness was not a problem, I used to take small blue tablets called Phenigan (spelling?).. I then progressed onto Triludan.... Both of these I remember working well.
Triludan was then discontinued due to some problems with grapefruit.... and since then I've used various remedies... currently I'm using Loratadine (Clarityn).
Last year, nothing was working... my eyes were itching, my nose was streaming.... I could hardly breathe (my flow meter reading was about 100.... whilst "normal" is about 600).
The doctor gave me various asthma inhalers, as well as steroids to resolve the problems.... with a recommendation that there was a new drug that might help for the next year... but I'd need a blood test in December...
So... December came, the blood test was done... and eventually it was confirmed that as my allergy is to grass pollen, that I was a candidate for Grazax.
When I was young, and drowsyness was not a problem, I used to take small blue tablets called Phenigan (spelling?).. I then progressed onto Triludan.... Both of these I remember working well.
Triludan was then discontinued due to some problems with grapefruit.... and since then I've used various remedies... currently I'm using Loratadine (Clarityn).
Last year, nothing was working... my eyes were itching, my nose was streaming.... I could hardly breathe (my flow meter reading was about 100.... whilst "normal" is about 600).
The doctor gave me various asthma inhalers, as well as steroids to resolve the problems.... with a recommendation that there was a new drug that might help for the next year... but I'd need a blood test in December...
So... December came, the blood test was done... and eventually it was confirmed that as my allergy is to grass pollen, that I was a candidate for Grazax.
