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EricaAlt
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Member since 7/08 22665 total posts
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Erica
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Allergy season
What allergy med do you use for your 4 yr old?
Thanks!
DS just started and woke up with a runny nose. I know it's allergies bc he gets them every year.
I gave him Allegra this morning, but didn't seem to do much. Not sure if he needs to do it s few times for it to really work.
Thanks
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lorich
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Member since 6/05 9987 total posts
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Re: Allergy season
I find with Allegra even for myself I need to use it a few days for it to really kick in. Once it does - it's all I use - I never have a problem with my allergies after that.
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| Posted 4/22/13 3:51 PM |
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Linda1003
love my 2 boys
Member since 8/08 10923 total posts
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Linda
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Re: Allergy season
Takes a while to kick in...but I stopped using it and have been giving John elderberry syrup every morning...he's been doing great.
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| Posted 4/22/13 4:05 PM |
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Crunchewy
LIF Adult
Member since 10/08 1232 total posts
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A
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Allergy season
DS is almost 3 and he gets Zyrtec. We tried Allegra, but didn't do much for him.
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| Posted 4/22/13 4:17 PM |
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VTTG0609
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Member since 8/09 3294 total posts
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V
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Re: Allergy season
Claritin before bed. We used to use Zyrtec but when it was recalled we switched. I like Zyrtec better but Claritin does he job.
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| Posted 4/22/13 4:36 PM |
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Xelindrya
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Member since 8/05 14470 total posts
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Veronica
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Re: Allergy season
We use both claritin as well as benedryl.
Claritin in the AM half a tsp for 12hrs of coverage.. then i will hold off on more until i see how she's doing. If she's suffering I will give her benedryl
All generic Walmart/Target brands.
Zyrtec did nothing for her (then that batch was recalled) and Allegra works but makes her cranky.
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| Posted 4/22/13 5:40 PM |
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LIParent
LIF Zygote
Member since 1/13 31 total posts
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Novack
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Allergy season
Zyrtec
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| Posted 4/22/13 5:55 PM |
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pnbplus1
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Mommy
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Re: Allergy season
I decided to take DS to the allergist bc I wanted to know what he was actually allergic to (tree pollen, grass pollen, etc). Really glad I did bc it turns out his allergies are pretty severe. The allergist, Dr. Marchlewski, who I thought was great, recommened DS (age 3.5) be given Nasonex (a nasal spray) and he's doing great. Today I'm sneezing and have a runny nose, DS has nothing. But Nasonex isn't the type of medicine you can give sporatically, it must be used every day consistently for it to work.
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| Posted 4/22/13 7:32 PM |
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Crunchewy
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Re: Allergy season
Posted by pnbplus1
I decided to take DS to the allergist bc I wanted to know what he was actually allergic to (tree pollen, grass pollen, etc). Really glad I did bc it turns out his allergies are pretty severe. The allergist, Dr. Marchlewski, who I thought was great, recommened DS (age 3.5) be given Nasonex (a nasal spray) and he's doing great. Today I'm sneezing and have a runny nose, DS has nothing. But Nasonex isn't the type of medicine you can give sporatically, it must be used every day consistently for it to work.
I use Nasonex for myself and it works great, but I didn't know we can use it on kids as well.
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| Posted 4/22/13 7:58 PM |
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NewLeaf2012
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Re: Allergy season
I have been using Claritin for DS since he was 2. Last summer I started to use Zyrtec on his bad days or if we were going to someones house who had pets.. I usually give him a half a dose in the morning and then see how he is at night.. I was giving him Zyrtec up until about 2 weeks ago when he stopped taking it.. He has been a MESS ever since...
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| Posted 4/23/13 12:18 AM |
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Salason
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Re: Allergy season
Our allergist has DS on Benedryl at night and Zyrtec in the morning. We also use Pataday eye drops
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| Posted 4/23/13 8:56 AM |
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