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What medicine should I use to treat my son's allergy? |
Nothing works. He is almost 5 years old. He has itchiy nose and eyes. I have tried Children's Benadryl, Claritin, and Reactine (Zyrtec) Is the American Zyrtec the same as the Canadian Reactine? Aerius for kids. My daughter had no luck even double dosing with Reactine as well as showing every day [to remove dust from her hair] and nasal spray. She has pretty bad allergies, and I found that Aerius is the ONLY one that helps her. She also takes Nasonex nasal spray and is 100% better. One non OTC we also tried on suggestion of a friend is Omega fish oil supplements. They work really well too. The combination of the three have done amazing things for her allergies http://www.aerius.ca/en/kids/ It has a coupon too! Nasonex is prescription from your doctor, and fish oil supplements can be found anywhere [Safeway too!] BUT always better to get from a health food store. You've tried all the best OTC out there. Take him to an allergy specialist and he/she can put him on a prescription that will help greatly. My kids have had luck with Singulair. Good luck. If Claritin doesn't work there is a problem for 5 years old. You can try allegra which is a lot stonger and needs doctor's experience. Heavy allegy since I was a kid. I'd take him to a doctor especially since he's so young. I had very bad springtime allergies (very itchy, watery eyes, sneezing, my ears and mouth and throat itched too, awful) and my doctor prescribed 2 different nasal sprays and Allegra. These medicines worked well for me, but they can cause sleeplessness and drymouth. Now I only take them around springtime. Before I went to the doctor I tried Claritin but it did nothing. Benadryl worked for short periods but made me fall asleep. before giving a child a bunch of meds, I would try to at least find out what allergies he/she has. Go to your family Dr. and have them tested and thy can put the child on the meds thy need not a broad band of anthistimes, could be something that over the counter meds can not take care of I would not try the Canadian Zyrtec because there are to many people trying to sell the look alike and they aren't nothing more than a sugar pill. Conartist are every where Your child needs to see a Doctor who can test him for allergies, and this can be costly. I had to go to Carolina Asthma & allergy,because I took any and everything to but I kept staying sick and itching alot and it turned into infections and rashes and it became very dangerous. So after testing me and finding that I was allergic to dust, trees, grass, dogs, cats, pollen, cockroaches, mold, the list goes on and on.......They had to start me on shots. Plus I take Zyrtec, ( Astelin & Flonase nose sprays), patonal eye drops , Singulair, and QD All. I'm still misreable but after these shots start working I should at least be able to enjoy life like I use to. I tried to stop the medications and I got horribly sick. I was told to vaccum two or three times a weeek use allergian killer, also dust with peldge or something that collects the dust, put the animals out side if you have any and clean your duct system and use a dape cloth to wipe down the walls, and change your filter in your heat and a/c unit once a month try to find one that is for allergians. Wash his pillows ift hey are feather pillows get rid of them if not just buy covers for them and then use a pillow case. It's best to have hard wood flooring no carpet, also sweep and mop as often as possible. Look for mold in or under your home. THIS MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S TO MUCH BUT I HAVE TO DO THIS AND I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS, BUT I JUST STARTED MY ALLERGY SHOTS 2 MONTHS AGO AND I KNOW THAT THEY MAY NOT WORK, BUT IT'S WORTH A TRY. I HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS FOR 30 YEARS AND IT'S GOTTEN WORSE SINCE I MOVED TO A STATE THIS HAS ALL THE SEASONS AND BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING EVERYTHING. GOOD LUCK AND IHOPE THIS INFORMATION HELPS |
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