Hayfever 😒

[Sunnysummerdays]

Hopefully someone can recommend a safe antihestamean for hayfever,I've been struggling the past 2 weeks with it, I suspect cherry blossoms are the reason as there's alot around my house..I had a heart attack and stent 3 years ago and have angina,I use G.T .N spray when needed,before this I've never suffered from hayfever,this is my first time having it,some people have suggested that the hearts meds I'm on make me sensetive to allergies...any thoughts on it?

[medicinal1]

Hello, I’ve heard this year may be a particularly bad year for high pollen counts (especially tree pollen). Take a list of your current medications along to your local friendly pharmacist & they will be best placed to discuss your options.

Pharmacists are specialists in medications/drug interactions.

You will be able to buy Over the Counter (OTC) anti-histamine or they will advise if they feel you require a prescription anti-histamine instead.

Common OTC anti-histamine include Loratidine, cetirazine & Chlorphenamine.

The most commonly prescribed anti-histamine is proclorperazine.

Hope that helps 👌🏻🤧🌸

[Sunnysummerdays in reply to medicinal1]

Thank you,I will follow this up

[Ageingfast]

I take a daily tablet of cetirizine, which I buy myself for about £10 per year. Works for me very nicely.

[Tos92]

Benadryl or Claritin for myself; however, mention it to your GP or pharmacist as I believe some can cause palpitations.

[Hidden]

Hello you,

The dreaded Hayfever how it makes me suffer during the warmer months and it has for many years.

Before the heart thing I used OTC hay fever tablets with mixed results, its been a few summers now with the heart problem and I found all the drugs for hay fever made me feel sick and very dizzy { the last thing I needed }

So my pharmacist suggested trying a salt nasal wash { not half as bad as it sounds } works really well for me.

So that will be my goto again this year as I venter out into the sunshine that I thought I would never see { " just another summer please " has become my mantra }

Take care

[scentedgardener]

A pharmacist is the best person to advise on drug interactions, and other options.I didn't get hay fever until I was in my fifties, all the other sufferers in my family got it as children and grew out of it, but I had to do it the other way round.

It is said that a spoonful of local honey every day desensitizes you to local pollen, and another thing to consider is a product ( sorry I can't remember what it's called) that you smear on the outside of your nostrils that catches something like 90% of allergens.

Good luck.

[World1inmotion]

I asked my chemist and they said OTC antihistamines are ok with the heart medications I am taking. I am on about 7 different tablets per day. My experience over the years with antihistamines is to try different ones and learn which is best for you. My go to recently has been Loratidine. If you want to try alternatives to tablets you could try the water and salt spray mentioned earlier or put Vaseline in and around your nostrils, which acts as a barrier. Other advice I have seen over the years, which I don't find very practical is to stay indoors as much as possible, keeping windows closed, wear wraparound sunglasses. Also have a shower and wash hair before going to bed to get rid of pollen that has landed on you during the day. Good luck from a long suffering fellow hay fever chap

[Sunnysummerdays]

Thank you for all the helpful advice,is the salt spray,just water and salt or do you buy the saline spray in chemist 👍

[Hidden in reply to Sunnysummerdays]

Its pre-mixed and you add it to a " Nasal Pot " that you can also buy from the chemist, or you can buy an already mixed one in an aerosol , your chemist will advise you

[Qualipop in reply to Hidden]

I use just salt and warm water; just make sure it's fully dissolved to clear my nose but I take loratidine to help prevent it. Ask a chemist.

[EMBoy]

I've suffered from hay fever since I was about 10 years old (now 67) and have tried all sorts of treatments over the years - you may need to try more than one treatment before you find one that works for you. My favourite is cetirizine bought over the counter. The instructions say to take one tablet a day, but I have to admit that on bad days, I sometimes take two without any adverse effects.

Good luck with your hunt for treatment - a pharmacist can advise you, or you could dial 111 for advice.

[Aoki]

I was prescribed loratidine by my doc who obviously thought it ok for someone with heart failure ( not for hayfeve but dreadful itching). I take it often and it hasn't done me any harm. You can get it over the counter at any pharmacist.

[MountainGoat52]

I've found I cannot take any Cetirizine based antihistamine. It just makes me feel very unwell. Thankfully I mainly react to oil seed rape pollen and the season is quite short. I use mustard to desensitise myself, but it needs to be strong.... eye wateringly strong, quite literally. 😀