A 37-year-old member asked:
I'm curious as to what allergy medication would work best?
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Dr. Doanh Nguyen, md, faaaaianswered
Allergy and Immunology 16 years experience
Allergy meds: It depends on which allergic diseases you try to treat. In general, all OTC medications work pretty much the same except for the newly approved OTC intra nasal steroid nose spray for hay fever, which works better. When OTC meds does not take care of your symptoms, it would be best if you see an allergist.
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Dr. Dean Giannoneanswered
Internal Medicine 27 years experience
Nasal spray: The best medical regimen for treating allergies would be a combination of a nasal steroid and a nasal antihistamine.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Which is the best allergy medication that is over the counter?
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Dr. Michael Zacharisenanswered
Allergy and Immunology 35 years experience
Several choices: Current over the counter allergy medications that work well for most people with mild allergies are Claritin (loratadine), zyrtec (cetirizine) and Allegra (fexofenadine). One may work better than the other for a particular person, so it is not unreasonable to try more than one. Older antihistamines (benadryl) work, but are associated with more side effects, especially drowsiness.
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A 38-year-old male asked:
I have an on and off allergy what is the best medication that i can use?
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Dr. Karen Dantinanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
? sinus: if symptoms are primarily drainge consider an antihistamine and sinus rinse. If congested and have no contraindications to decongestants use the.
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