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Post by PG on Feb 13, 2019 21:27:58 GMT
Last year somebody on here (was it Simon?) kindly shared a discount deal on hayfever tablets. For this year, I've just been sent this link from Clear Chemist, an online retailer. 12 months supply of cetirizine hydrochloride based tablets for £9.99. I decided to order. it said to put in the code SUMMER12 when asked. I did this and it gave me a further £9.99 discount, leaving me to pay the total of £5.49 P&P. Thought it was too good a deal not to share - I am sure it is supposed to be £9.99 plus the P&P (which is still a darn good deal) but the code seems to work. www.clearchemist.co.uk/12-month-supply-of-loratadine.html?mc_cid=2b37f331bf&mc_eid=508c866e1f |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Feb 13, 2019 21:37:23 GMT
Which poor sod gets hay fever for 12 months?
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Post by Boxer6 on Feb 14, 2019 7:30:40 GMT
I go to B&M. 30 tablets for a quid or less Ditto. Don't need them tat much these days, so that would probably do me for the whole summer! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 8:49:39 GMT
Which poor sod gets hay fever for 12 months? The swimming gives me the particular pleasure of allergic rhinitis year-round, so I'm afraid that'll be me! |
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Post by scouse on Feb 14, 2019 9:36:06 GMT
Which poor sod gets hay fever for 12 months? My wife. |
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Post by PG on Feb 14, 2019 10:02:17 GMT
Which poor sod gets hay fever for 12 months? As well as having to take pills from April through to September, If I'm doing anything "dusty" at other times, I need to take them then too. So nearly me..... And at this price, even if you throw half the tablets away, it still seems like a good deal? |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Feb 14, 2019 10:13:05 GMT
When I was younger I suffered terribly with hayfever - as did my dad and brother. Summer was miserable with runny nose, streaming eyes etc. I decided to get the injections where they inject increasing concentrations of tree pollen to desensitize you. After the second injection I went into anaphylactic shock and had to be injected with ephedrine as I was going into cardiac arrest. I spent a bit of time on a ventilator and was then allowed home. After that my hayfever got steadily better to the point I'm no longer bothered by it and rarely take any medication, despite spending long hours on the golf course.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 10:17:01 GMT
You think it's worth a bash, then....?
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Feb 14, 2019 11:01:48 GMT
You think it's worth a bash, then....? What doesn’t kill you.. etc |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 11:19:07 GMT
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Post by PG on Feb 14, 2019 18:12:49 GMT
Having had terrible hayfever from aged 14 onwards, I had the annual injection for a few years when I was in my early twenties and it certainly reduced the symptoms each year. Luckily never had the same result as bob! And I didn't suffer anything like so much until about 10 years ago when I've suddenly started to suffer really badly again.
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Post by alf on Feb 15, 2019 11:25:26 GMT
Does Cetirizine make any of you guys drowsy? I have had hay-fever most years for the last 10 or so, originally cetirizine seemed to help the most but it makes me incredibly tired, feeling even less like getting up in the mornings than usual, and also pretty miserable. Loratadine doesn't seem to do the same, although its a bit less effective as well...
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Post by Boxer6 on Feb 15, 2019 12:12:39 GMT
Does Cetirizine make any of you guys drowsy? I have had hay-fever most years for the last 10 or so, originally cetirizine seemed to help the most but it makes me incredibly tired, feeling even less like getting up in the mornings than usual, and also pretty miserable. Loratadine doesn't seem to do the same, although its a bit less effective as well... I don't get that, no; but then, maybe as an occasional user I wouldn't? All of the 'modern' anti-histamines are meant to be non-drowsy, but you're not the first person I've heard saying otherwise. More 'Big Pharma' porkies maybe?  I've found Loratadine to be just as effective as Cetirizine too, but there is often a big difference in efficacy between different people for the same medicine; that's partly why there are different preparations of many of the most commonly used, of course. /mansplaining mode off |
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Post by PG on Feb 15, 2019 21:40:32 GMT
Does Cetirizine make any of you guys drowsy? I have had hay-fever most years for the last 10 or so, originally cetirizine seemed to help the most but it makes me incredibly tired, feeling even less like getting up in the mornings than usual, and also pretty miserable. Loratadine doesn't seem to do the same, although its a bit less effective as well... When are you taking it? My doctor advised me to take it at night, so it was effective as soon as you got up in the morning and any drowsiness would hopefully have worn off by then. |
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Post by Roadrunner on Feb 16, 2019 0:58:08 GMT
Being practically allergic to myself, I have to take a cetirizine every day. I take mine in the morning, but am as still sleepy as a very sleepy thing in the evening. Might just be me...
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Feb 16, 2019 7:30:13 GMT
One trick I learned was to shower before bed. During the day pollen and allergens stick to your hair and this transfers to your pillow when you sleep. You then spend then night breathing these allergens in and you wake up in morning stuffy feeling like crap. Wash them out of your hair before bed and you’ll sleep better and feel better when you wake.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Feb 16, 2019 9:32:11 GMT
I've heard that eating local honey desinsitizes you to local pollen (ok so this is only going to work where you spend significant amounts of time) but I've heard more and more about this approach.
I'm lucky in that I don't suffer with hayfever unless the pollen count is extremely high, at which point I tend to notice it rather than suffer as such.
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Post by bryan on Feb 16, 2019 10:55:18 GMT
Mrs M makes me have a shower every time I cut the grass so I don't bring pollen into the bedroom on my hair for that very reason
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Post by Boxer6 on Feb 16, 2019 12:45:04 GMT
Mrs M makes me have a shower every time I cut the grass so I don't bring pollen into the bedroom on my hair for that very reason And you do have a lot of hair for pollen and such to stick to Bryan, one way and another! (Sorry if that comes across as hirsutist in any way - I'm with Simon on the non-issue front!) |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Feb 16, 2019 14:24:50 GMT
One trick I learned was to shower before bed. During the day pollen and allergens stick to your hair and this transfers to your pillow when you sleep. You then spend then night breathing these allergens in and you wake up in morning stuffy feeling like crap. Wash them out of your hair before bed and you’ll sleep better and feel better when you wake. That won't be an issue.  Just polish your head with one of those painters’ tack cloths. |
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Post by bryan on Feb 18, 2019 16:57:47 GMT
Mrs M makes me have a shower every time I cut the grass so I don't bring pollen into the bedroom on my hair for that very reason And you do have a lot of hair for pollen and such to stick to Bryan, one way and another! (Sorry if that comes across as hirsutist in any way - I'm with Simon on the non-issue front!) Very True |
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