antinomy and antihistamines

[ewx]

antinomy mentioned something on Thursday evening about antihistamines which I'd not appreciated until now - that they can take several days to build up to full effectiveness. This bubbled back to the surface this morning and I had a quick look through the instruction leaflets that come with three different ones (Piriton, Benadryl Plus and the Boots version of Loratadine). None of them tell you this. Annoying, as it means that (unless you happen to have a conversation with a relevant expert) you end up thinking that they just don't work very well on you and switch to a different pill before they've had a proper chance to do any good.

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[mhk.livejournal.com]

If I don't want to use pills, I use one of the nasal sprays or a vaseline coating inside the nostrils. To this regime I add Opticrom in the eyes which just about fixes the itching if used regularly enough and as a preventative rather than a cure. Washing out the nostrils after exposure also works surprisingly well, but it's not something you would want to do in public, like when you are sitting out in a park or something!