Antihistamines

[DrFfybes]

I popped into Superdrug yeaterday, who had a massive display just inside the door with 'Buy one get one half price' on Clarytin (IIRC) antihistamines.

Loratidine, 10mg, pack of 30, £10.50 normal price, so £15.75 for 2 packs. But don't rush in, their own brand at £7 for 28 tablets is on the same discount. However, if you go to the pharmacy counter you can get the generic ones for £2.49 for a pack of 30, but you have to ask.

Or go to Wilkos, where the shelves are full at £2.90 for 30 tablets, which I'm pretty sure is about 50% more than they were a year ago.

Paul

[Tedx]

Yeah, I've found the Boots one a day hayfever tablets are just as good for me as any of the expensive brands at a fraction of the price.

[kempiejon]

I take one a day loratadine for hay fever. I rarely get symptoms if I start medication about now and run through until September. So that's about 6 months supply, for quite a few years I've been buying online and last year cost me £4.49, renewal looks like £4.98 this year plus £2.95 delivery so about 4.5p a day - I've not hunted if that's the very cheapest but that's about half the price of generics in store. I use https://www.chemist-4-u.com/loratadine- ... ief-3-pack

[bungeejumper]

Yeah, I've found the Boots one a day hayfever tablets are just as good for me as any of the expensive brands at a fraction of the price.

That's certainly true with me for the Clarityn/loratadine tablets. It it says 10mg loratadine, then I suppose that's what it is? Just get the cheapest: Yours for 99p. https://pricespy.co.uk/c/allergy-medication?8971=13939

I get a bit of borderline asthma in the hay fever season, for which I keep a blue inhaler in the rucksack. But for me, strong peppermints or Halls mentholyptus extra strong also clear the tubes pretty effectively.

BJ

[AF62]

I popped into Superdrug yeaterday, who had a massive display just inside the door with 'Buy one get one half price' on Clarytin (IIRC) antihistamines.

Loratidine, 10mg, pack of 30, £10.50 normal price, so £15.75 for 2 packs. But don't rush in, their own brand at £7 for 28 tablets is on the same discount. However, if you go to the pharmacy counter you can get the generic ones for £2.49 for a pack of 30, but you have to ask.

Or go to Wilkos, where the shelves are full at £2.90 for 30 tablets, which I'm pretty sure is about 50% more than they were a year ago.

Or go to Savers* where they are £1 for 30 tablets - https://www.savers.co.uk/Health-%26-Wel ... s/p/709803

*Savers is owned by CK Hutchison who also own Superdrug…

[servodude]

I popped into Superdrug yeaterday, who had a massive display just inside the door with 'Buy one get one half price' on Clarytin (IIRC) antihistamines.

Loratidine, 10mg, pack of 30, £10.50 normal price, so £15.75 for 2 packs. But don't rush in, their own brand at £7 for 28 tablets is on the same discount. However, if you go to the pharmacy counter you can get the generic ones for £2.49 for a pack of 30, but you have to ask.

Or go to Wilkos, where the shelves are full at £2.90 for 30 tablets, which I'm pretty sure is about 50% more than they were a year ago.

Or go to Savers* where they are £1 for 30 tablets - https://www.savers.co.uk/Health-%26-Wel ... s/p/709803

*Savers is owned by CK Hutchison who also own Superdrug…

Pretty sure I've bought them by the thousand bottle online for about 15 quid in the past (though you don't have to do that very often so stuff might have changed)

[bungeejumper]

Pretty sure I've bought them by the thousand bottle online for about 15 quid in the past (though you don't have to do that very often so stuff might have changed)

180 tablets for £5.52 from Amazon = 92p equivalent for the standard 30 tablet pack.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/180-Loratadine ... 076CGMW6P/

BJ

[DrFfybes]

180 tablets for £5.52 from Amazon = 92p equivalent for the standard 30 tablet pack.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/180-Loratadine ... 076CGMW6P/

BJ

Having just spent the weekend with a friend who's been testing the actual capacity of some memory sticks and batteries from Amazon, I'm not sure they'll be my goto supplier for medicines

I found B&M / Home Bargains also do them pretty cheap, but there isn't a "Savers" store in Shrewsbury.

I took this looking over our garden wall earlier, I think I'm going to need them this year.



https://imgur.com/GydG76Z

Paul

[stevensfo]

I find that Cetirizine works better for me than Loratadine and I only take it when I really need it. Hayfever usually hits me just before dawn.

Interesting that Piriton - the 3rd antihistamine - is quite expensive now, yet when I used it many years ago, it was incredibly cheap and we could buy large bottles of them.

Unfortunately, although powerful, it does cause drowsiness, so best kept for the evening.

Steve

[elkay]

Has anyone else been on grass pollen immunotherapy - Grazax?

After years of torment, it has been a revelation for me. I was put on a course by my consultant about 10-15 years ago, and it was beneficial within the first hay fever season that I took it. I was supposed to complete a 3 year course, but I actually stopped after 2.5 years due to contradiction with other medication.

I haven't had to take any antihistamines since, and have no problems cutting grass - I can now enjoy the smell of cut grass.

No-one I have spoken to has been aware of it. I have mentioned it to my daughter and brother who both suffer badly. I think my brother brought it up with his GP, but did not progress it further.

Note it is specific to grass pollen, and is no help with my allergies to cat hair and dust mites - but there is mitigation for those. I don't think I was tested for tree pollen, it was a long time ago.

[Nimrod103]

Does anyone know if these medicines are effective against an allergy to cats? My daughter has 2, and the rest of the family have problems while visiting her.

[servodude]

Does anyone know if these medicines are effective against an allergy to cats? My daughter has 2, and the rest of the family have problems while visiting her.

Yes they can be very effective
I'd try Clarytin/Loratidine in the first instance and give it 30mins to an hour to start taking effect - then daily when with the cats

[stevensfo]

Does anyone know if these medicines are effective against an allergy to cats? My daughter has 2, and the rest of the family have problems while visiting her.

They are anti histamines so act against the chemical produced after most allergic reactions, and not the cause of the allergy. So cats, dogs, pollen, dust etc. Just about anything.

The body seems to get used to allergens after a while and It's worse if you come into contact with an animal quite rarely. We have a dog and as long as I rinse my hands after stroking her, I'm fine. But if I visit my sister, I have to avoid her dog or at least take a tablet before.

I became allergic when I was about 12 and, as an animal lover, it hit me hard. I had to stop helping my aunt in the stables. More than five minutes there and I had terrible asthma! I also did a long course of injections every week after school, but it never helped.

The good news is that it does seem to lessen as you get older. Oh, and my hatred of house dust means we have a very clean house.

Bloody untidy, but clean!

Steve