Saturday, February 21, 2009

/r/ for advice


I have used Nasonex and generic Claritin to handle my allergies - really bad tree pollen allergies - for the past few years. Typically, that's 3 1/2 months of Nasonex per year and probably 100 Claritins, and it still isn't totally enough to get me through unscathed. Now, make a long farty sound with your tongue and lips. I'll wait...

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OK, now that's how I've felt for about the last month and a half. I can't taste anything, I don't feel hungry, I'm not sleeping well, I can't smell anything, I still get stuffy/runny noses when it's not as dry as the Atacama. I think know it's the Nasonex, so I'm dropping it. Anyone else have this problem with it? (Anyone else use it?)

I'm going to try Zyrtec, and I've heard that Benadryl is kind of sweet, but maybe makes you drowsy(?). Do these work for anyone else?

2 comments:

  1. can't help you with this one...wish I could

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  2. I would try taking something with a decongestant in it, like Zyrtec D or Mucinex D. You'll have to get it behind the pharmacy counter since you will want to get the kind with pseudophedrine it. I take a 24 hour claritin in the morning and then a 12 hour Zyrtec D before. If I get a runny, stuff nose or have a sinus infection, I use the Mucinex D too.

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