Hayfever

Glenman

I suffer from this every summer, always tired and red-eyed.
I've tried Beconase nasal spray & Pritton tablets but none have done any good. Has anyone any other suggestions

Curvy Vixen

Yep! Get yourself off to your doctor and get an injection!

pduffy50

The injection is the only thing that works for me aswell, i have tried every tablet in the chemist for hayfever and none of them worked. It only cost me EUR8.50 for the injection and EUR15 for the doctor.

Curvy Vixen wrote: »

Yep! Get yourself off to your doctor and get an injection!

The Gambler 101

Ive also terrible bad hay fever, got the injection a few years ago and worked great but went back for it last year in june , and was told it was too late to be getting it!

Curvy Vixen

The Gambler 101 wrote: »

Ive also terrible bad hay fever, got the injection a few years ago and worked great but went back for it last year in june , and was told it was too late to be getting it!

Well I'm not a doctor but I always have to get it quite early in the year ~ around April/May (think it was March last year actually) and my sister doesn't need to get it til June/July. It takes a couple of days to kick in but never heard about it being 'too late' to get it!

I know that the type of pollen you are allregic to depends on when your hayfever will kick in ~ whether it's grass/tree/flower or whatever. Mine is grass, hence it starting early in the year when, as soon as the sun shines, everyone gets out the lawnmower for the first cut of the year!

The Gambler 101

Curvy Vixen wrote: »

Well I'm not a doctor but I always have to get it quite early in the year ~ around April/May (think it was March last year actually) and my sister doesn't need to get it til June/July. It takes a couple of days to kick in but never heard about it being 'too late' to get it!

I know that the type of pollen you are allregic to depends on when your hayfever will kick in ~ whether it's grass/tree/flower or whatever. Mine is grass, hence it starting early in the year when, as soon as the sun shines, everyone gets out the lawnmower for the first cut of the year!

Did nt know hay fever was broken up into categories! went to the dr last year in june when i started to get affected to get it(last summer was a very wet one, no pollen till bout june) and was told i was too late for it! i take zirtek at the moment, and to be honest, dont think there worth a dam!

allybhoy

Yep I suffer really bad from it aswell, I went out sea fishing early Saturday and was out there most of the day and somehow I was still dying with hayfever. Not sure how...?!

Zirtek and Piriton(sp?) dont really work for me either, they also make me fairly drowsy even though their not meant to. I got the injection 3years ago and it did work for me to some extent however it didnt completely cure it. If anyone could confirm whether its still available to get it or not I would gladly trot down to my GP, its either that or sit indoors with all the windows and doors closed for the remainder of the summer

pduffy50

I only got my last week, so thats a load of crap, i get my every year towards the middle or the end of June.

MrParanoid

pduffy50 wrote: »

I only got my last week, so thats a load of crap, i get my every year towards the middle or the end of June.

where and what price?

Curvy Vixen

MrParanoid wrote: »

where and what price?

You go to the doctors and they give it to you...I've had a couple of scenario's ~ if they have one there it costs me the price of a doctors visit. If they don't, they give me a script, I go get it (about €12 I think) and go back for the jab and my Doc charges me €30 but you need to see your doctor first..

Hayfever info...

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?ArticleId=453#

Kurtosis

allybhoy wrote: »

Zirtek and Piriton(sp?) dont really work for me either, they also make me fairly drowsy even though their not meant to.

Actually Piriton does cause drowsiness and states so on the pack. Zirtek is less likely to cause drowsiness but it does state that rarely people can experience it. Clarytin is another alternative which is a fully non-drowsy antihistamine.