Allergy Prescription Medication?

I've had moderate allergies for years -- just sneezing and an itchy/runny nose (no congestion or more serious symptoms). I take Benadryl at night because it helps the symptoms and helps me sleep, but I'm looking for something effective that I can take during the day.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and was thinking of requesting a prescription, but I wanted to see what has worked well (and with the fewest side effects) for others. I was thinking about trying Astelin because it's advertised as being good for environmental irritants (and I know I'm allergic to some perfumes) but I've also heard it can have some pretty serious side effects.

Suggestions from personal experience please. Thanks!

for daytime anti-allergant "loratadine" or "levocetrizine": is the best choice for most of the people. for drivers or who work in keen jobs better to use "fexofenadine" .And who hav sleep disturbance with allergy , they can use hydroxyzine. thanks and good wishes for all. Source(s): i m a Dermatologist from Bangladesh.

Personally I take Clarinex. I have just sneezing and itchy/runny nose and eyes also and it is my miracle drug. I don't experience any side effects myself.
What works best for me is a steroidal nasal spray. Beconase AQ or Nasonex are very good. They do not make you sleepy.
Over the counter-I use Chlortrimeton. It has a different antihistimine than the usual OTC drugs. The main ingredient is Chlorpheniramine maleate. It works for 12 hours and does not make me drowsy. It's a little more expensive, but I find that it works best.

The prescription that I use and love the most is Flonase or some generic form if it.

Also, keeping a consistent dose of medication in your body is the best defense. For example, when I was on a prescription pill, the doctor told me that it would not start to work effectively until I had taken the pills consistently for about a week.

Good luck!
I really love zyrtec. I usally take one a day when my allergies are bad. When I have a bad attack and get congested the zyrtec d works great too, the only thing is it makes me a little sleepy..feel better!
I use Zytrec and Flonase. Both work well together. I'm also Asthmatic, so I use Singular. The combo of those keeps things working pretty well. I highly suggest a nasal spray in addition to a pill (Flonase, Nasonex, etc) as it has worked wonders for me.