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Originally Posted by Hemmi
I must say, my allergies are so much better since I started on Nasacort last year. Triamcinolone Acetonide nasal spray. I had one of those allergy attacks that I literally could not breathe or make my nose stop running. Had to take some Benadryl and go to bed. Next day, I went to Walgreen's and bought some Nasacort and now I would not be without that stuff. Every morning and it has made such a difference.
Best price is at Target. You can get a 2 pack of the generic 120 sprays each for $20.
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I'm using the Walgreens generic. I was massively allergic as a small child but grew out of most of them. (I still can't wear wool against my skin, but baby me lay awake and cried because I had a wool blanket in my crib till a doctor suggested switching to cotton.)
As I've aged, however, some allergies have returned. I'm sensitive to climate changes, and don't need to see a weather report to know a front is moving in. And pollen which never used to bother me does. I was trying to sneeze my nose off a couple of years ago while inside and behind A/C. The culprit turned out to be Bradford Pear trees planted near my building. (My dentist and her internist husband live in CT. He doesn't even come into the city when Bradford Pear trees are blooming, because he's
really allergic to the pollen.)
Pollen is especially problematic at the moment, so I use the nasal spray upon waking up and before I go to bed. It helps a great deal (and means I don't wake up in the wee hours of the morning with a runny nose I need to blow before I can get back to sleep.)
Overall, I'm lucky. My needs can be handled by OTC generics, and don't require prescriptions. Benadryl is my friend...
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Dennis