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:heart: claritin d :heart:

how good you make me feel! but how expensive you are! :angry:

if i can't get a prescription for you, i will have to cheat on you with allegra...

:dance: :dance: :dance:

Melon
 
my best friend's dad is an allergist.


he owns his own practice.



all of her stuff says "allegra" and "claritin" on it.


they compete with merchandise


my favorite is the viagra frisbee.
 
old bennie drill is my allergy medicine of choice(benadryl for those that dont get it :lol: )

*used to call benadryl "bennie drill" when i was younger!!! :wink:
 
MissVelvetDress_75 said:
allegra is my choice allegry pill. claritin gives me insomina

yes, that is something i'm questioning myself, although it also may be because i have the claritin d 12-hr., and my histamine levels might be going back up in the middle of the night. as for getting to sleep, it was never a problem!

but this pill is way too expensive to be on long-term. stupid otc's!

melon
 
Can't you buy Claritin in pharmacies in the US? It's only ?3-?5 for a week's supply in the UK (that's about $5-9) if you buy it in a pharmacy. Or if you get it on prescription it's either entirely free or ?6 ($9) for a month's supply.
 
I used to get clarityn from my doctor, but they recently stopped giving it - I get something else now - but I can't remember what.

My friend who's a nurse said apparantly there was some research or something that suggested that Clarityn could be dodgy in some way :ohmy: Although she also said that that was probably a load of bollocks and that the NHS was just trying to save money.

I still have a stockpile of clarityn and I still use it.

What I don't understand is why it's still on sale in the shops if my doctor isn't allowed to give it me anymore?

Like I say....It's all about money.
 
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Clarityn just got moved off P (pharmacy only) to GSL (general sale - ie you can buy it anywhere) so that doesn't really imply they've found some cause for concern with it.

The only other thing it could be is that they're not using brand name Clarityn but are using generic loratadine, which is the active ingredient in Clarityn and so works precisely the same, but is vastly cheaper than Clarityn.

If they switched medications for cost reasons it wouldn't make that much sense considering that all prescription anti-histamines (Zirtek, Mizollen, Telfast, etc) are similar in cost.

:confused: NHS :confused:

Feel free to ignore me, I'm just rambling now.
 
FizzingWhizzbees said:
Clarityn just got moved off P (pharmacy only) to GSL (general sale - ie you can buy it anywhere) so that doesn't really imply they've found some cause for concern with it.

The only other thing it could be is that they're not using brand name Clarityn but are using generic loratadine, which is the active ingredient in Clarityn and so works precisely the same, but is vastly cheaper than Clarityn.

If they switched medications for cost reasons it wouldn't make that much sense considering that all prescription anti-histamines (Zirtek, Mizollen, Telfast, etc) are similar in cost.

:confused: NHS :confused:

Feel free to ignore me, I'm just rambling now.

I couldn't work it out either. Very odd. I just checked my prescription and the one they've moved me onto is Zirtek. :confused:

It makes no sense. I might have to see if I can dig out the letter my doctor sent me.

:huh:
 
Bye bye Claritin! Got a month's supply of Allegra.

I started tasting the Claritin after three days...blech.

Melon
 
:heart: Allegra is my best friend, and mixed with a daily dose or two of Nasonex, Flovent, Singulair, as well as a shot every other week, I'm good to go. :yes:

My allergist is my best friend. I :heart: him!
 
I realized that my allergies are probably caused from my unfiltered room A/C. 3M made some pretty cheap filters to put over the vent, though, so I think I am going to buy one of these.

Medicine always makes me feel a bit groggy / yucky, but, right now, it is better than the allergy alternative.

Melon
 
The verdict: Allegra is far better! No morning after-taste like Claritin D and it cleared up my sinuses better. Claritin D just let my sinuses drip in the back of my throat, causing me to cough all day. Blech...

LOL...what a funny thread this is...

Melon
 
FizzingWhizzbees said:
Can't you buy Claritin in pharmacies in the US? It's only ?3-?5 for a week's supply in the UK (that's about $5-9) if you buy it in a pharmacy.

I got mine at Boot's for ?3, but it hasn't worked for me. I keep sneezing everytime I go somewhere different in England. :huh: Then it stops for a while and comes back when I go somewhere else. :der:

One of my former coworkers had a cousin who was hospitalized because she took an allergy medicine (either Claritin or Allegra...I can't remember which) and then took tylenol and they had some kind of weird interaction. :eek:
 
melon said:
The verdict: Allegra is far better! No morning after-taste like Claritin D and it cleared up my sinuses better. Claritin D just let my sinuses drip in the back of my throat, causing me to cough all day. Blech...

LOL...what a funny thread this is...

Melon

Great. Glad that it is working for you. :yes:
 
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