Not really effective enough... (Boots Non Drowsy Hayfever & Allergy Relief)

Member Name: leighsady

Product:	Boots Non Drowsy Hayfever & Allergy Relief
Date:	11/07/08 (168 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Appears to work against symptoms due from dustmites.

Disadvantages: Symptoms are still present when you're outdoors.

What are they?
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Medicinal tablets for treating hafever.


What do they do?
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These tablets contain 10mg of the antihistamine Loratadine. These claim to help relieve the symptoms of hayfever , e.g. sneezing, runny nose, burning and itchy eyes. The tablets can also be used against allergies relating to pets, house dust mites, ras, itching and hives. These tablets also claim to be non-drowsy.


How do I use them?
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These are only for oral consumption. One tablet to be taken daily at the first sign of allergic symptoms. The tablets are very small, almost pip-sized and are very easy to take and swallow.


Do they work?
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I have, what could be classed as mild to medium severe hayfever. During the summer season, I usually sneeze a lot, have a runny nose and very watery itchy eyes - all these symptoms are actually the result of both hayfever and dustmites.

I would probably say that these are not as effective as they should be. They seem to help reduce my symptoms - this is when I am indoors, they help significantly reduce the sneezing and the watery eyes, however, when I am outside - on the grass, on the street, and even in the shops I still get the symptoms quite badly again, so I would probably say that this are effective only for mild symptoms.

I actually usually take another antihistamine - ceterizine hydrochloride, but as they were making me drowsy this seemed like a possible alternative. However, out of the two the ceterizine hydrochloride certainly appears to be more active and stronger at reducing the symptoms.


Cost?
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£1.99 for 7 tablets


Overall?
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Unfortunately, I don't find them as effective as they should - they do help, but only a little. They are fine for mild symptoms, but when you're out and about - particularly between 5-7pm when the pollen count is at its highest, they do not have much effect. They appear to work well against dust mite allergies - when I was indoors I found this worked very quickly at stopping my sneezing and watery eyes, so it does have its uses...but unfortunately, it's not possible to rely on this as it just isn't effective enough.


Thanks for reading, xx



©Leighsady 2008

Summary: Only effective for mild symptoms.