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Originally Posted by Citroënbender

It’s definitely spring. Hayfever - which sucks. Even by the “non-drowsy” medication slows me down.

Heard one or two neighbours having a sneezefest as well, so it’s not just my dusty work.

Have you tried playing around with different hay fever meds, CB? I used to be a Zyrtec user, but going back a few years we were up in Yarrawonga and I had a bout of hay fever with no meds on me. Went to the local chemist and they gave me a product called Xergic. Worked heaps better than Zyrtec did for me and I had no side effects. Did a bit of research and found that Xergic is kind of like a chemist generic version of Telfast. Importantly, they share the same active ingredient, fexofenadine (an antihistamine). So, I now use Telfast as I can buy that from the supermarket.

Zyrtec on the other hand, still uses an antihistamine, but its active ingredient is cetirizine. Claratyne uses Loratadine.

This line in the Choice article pretty much sums it up:

People respond differently to different drugs, so if you've tried one type of antihistamine or corticosteroid and found it didn't help, try another.

So, if you haven't experimented with different types of meds, it might be worth a bit of trial and error!