[Closed] Hay fever remedies

My son suffers badly with hayfever and takes Piriton once a day and also uses a gel that is rubbed under the nose called HayMax , bought it from asda.
he also gets eye drops from the doctors to stop them streaming.

Some antihistamines make you drowsy too so have to read the labels.

I've been miserable with it for a few weeks now. I don't get much joy from any of them, but if Zirtek's worked for you in the past try the [url= http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Pharmaceuticals-Hayfever-Allergy-Relief-10mg-Tablets-Cetirizine-Hydrochloride-14-tablets-_872360/ ]Boots own-brand equivalent[/url]. Same active ingredient.

The only thing I find works is riding (breathing through mouth?) or working (air conditioned office).

I suffer badly too but I only used eye drops and nasal spray as I don't really like popping pills. Adding to the pain is my sinus problem not caused by hayfever ...

Having said that the downside of nasal spray, if I am not mistaken and if I can remember well, is the thinning of the lining inside your nose resulting in easy nose bleed during the dry weather. I have been using nasal spray for a few years now so I get nose bleed from time to time ... even a simple nose picking if not careful will bleed.

Actually this year is not so bad ... yet ...

i have a really bad blocked nose and have found chewing on a airwaves chewing gum helps!

sounds silly but it works for me

Sudafed are excellent at taking all the inflammation down but i have to say the docs are the only ones with the real help.
I get Telfast from my doctor (after a good few visits), and i swear by it! I'm not one for going to the docs but if you keep going back and asking for it they will presumably give in at some point!
Good-luck!

Go to the doctors. Its a little known secret that Hayfever is a medical condition that can result in w prescription, eh voila one years supply for the price of 2 prescriptions.

Eat the honey from local bees......

Beconese seems to work for me.

Bought one of these a few years back, and ive not had it since. I do get the tickles in my nose every now and then. But just take it every morning and its seams to have cured it as best it can. Cant recommend it enough

Zirtek is actually cetirizine, Claritin is loratadine ( sp ?) which I don't get on with either.

Packs of 30 cetirizine tablets can be had online for a couple of quid - buy enough packs to see you to the end of the season, plus a few spares for the office/car/whatever - job done.

I suffered badly for years and years, went through all the doctor prescribed medications and explained that it really was effecting my quality of life. Also have asthma and suffer from sinus issues, tried the local honey, herbal remedies, nasal sprays, vaseline, even tried homeopathic and really dont believe in that sh*te!
Eventually one day after yrs of just putting up with Telfast which barely took the edge off, I called into docs and they referred me to immunotherapy clinic.I was told at the time by the doc not to get hopes up as they dont always follow up on referals. Luckily for me they did, you have an allergy test to see what strains of pollen and other allergens effect u and then depending on severity of your reaction they may offer u a treatment plan. I went with Pollinex injections a course over 3 yrs if I remember. Other treatments include Grazax which again prescribed through the clinic and these are tablets so easier to take if you live miles from a specialist clinic.
Upshot for me is that 5yr ago there were days were I couldnt go outside and sat indoors with the windows and doors shut. Now I can sit in the garden and occasionaly even mow the grass! Still gets me a little on some days, however absolutely nothing like pre Pollinex!
Be aware that these kind of treatments dont always work for everyone. Feel ur pain tho and hope you get sorted.

Beconase is great stuff and it has been the saviour of my last few summers. It can take up to a week of taking it daily before it kicks in, but it generally solves blocked noses for me.

The other tip is to buy budget/own brand stuff. Most of the big brands all use the same ingredient - Cetirizene or Loratadine. I've never found much difference between the 2, but Tesco will sell you 14 of either for £1, compared to about £3 for 7 Clarityn or similar.

The one exception is Benadryl Acrivastine (which I think only Benadryl hold the licence for) and I actually find it very effective. I take a cetirizine once a day and then top up with the occasional Acrivastine if I get really bad.

The final component of my hayfever arsenal is Optrex Itchy Eye drops. I'm sure there are plenty of similar drops that all work fine, but this is the first I tried and I've stuck with it. I usually only need it 2 or 3 times a week (generally after a few hours of biking outdoors).

Beconase and Opticrom - but hasn't worked so well for itchy eyes this year, not sure why.

Boots sell clarityn in 30s on a bogof, can't remember exact price but buying the 7s is a waste of money.

Pollen (or at least the type I'm allergic to) seems a couple of weeks early this year, my birthday is mid-June and normally I get one guaranteed birthday present of a snotty nose starting the next day or so for 3-4 weeks into July. I had to stop riding a few weeks ago this year.

Beconase makes me sneeze violently when I take it, the resultant eye-watering makes me rub my eyes which starts the cycle of rubbing pollen into eyes. Washing pollen out of bedding & clothing, vacuuming regularly and washing face and hands often helps but I have no choice but to stop riding at this time of year for a few weeks.

normally I get by with just beconase but this year had been so wet I neglected to buy any.
I happen to have some cetirizine in anyway for asthma (which in itself, for me when I do get it, is triggered by the hayfever), so I was making do with that.

After a couple of days this week on cetirizine and still sneezing I gave in and bought some beconase. I'll be switching to beconase twice daily & cetirizine if I still need it, which usually I don't.

I think it's worse for me this year because all the rain has led to a lot of people (myself included) not being able to cut the grass for months on end, and suddenly it's big enough to be flowering, bingo huge amounts of grass pollen around

Go to the doctors. Its a little known secret that Hayfever is a medical condition that can result in w prescription, eh voila one years supply for the price of 2 prescriptions.

Beconase is great stuff and it has been the saviour of my last few summers. It can take up to a week of taking it daily before it kicks in, but it generally solves blocked noses for me.

I use beconase but it does dry my nose out massively, it's addictive (the slightest sniffle and I use it to make me feel better, bad idea) and it causes me to get massive nose bleeds about twice a week.

I just use generic cetirizine at about 88p per 2 weeks worth and that generally sorts it.

That haymax stuff is quite possibly the biggest rip-off I've ever seen unless I'm very much missing a point, it's £1000 a kg and it's basically a bunch of stuff that has the same effect as BP jelly and just traps passing pollen.

coffeeking - Member

I use beconase but it does dry my nose out massively, it's addictive (the slightest sniffle and I use it to make me feel better, bad idea) and it causes me to get massive nose bleeds about twice a week.

Same here. I have stopped using it now because of nose bleed. .

I typed a long response, but the forum binned it 🙁

In short: Neti Pot.

Relieves bunged up tubes. Have a look for 'Nose Buddy' on Amazon.

[Tip: Tilt your hear forward and to the side]

I have no choice but to stop riding at this time of year for a few weeks.

Prior to discovering the Neti Pot, I found riding was one of the few this that cleared my tubes out