Re: Non Drying Allergy Meds

[Guest guest]

>

> Can anyone recommend a non-drying allergy medicine...allergy medicine

> that causes no dryness at all to throat, etc?? Type I am using is

> giving me cotton-mouth and worsening a constant sore throat I have,

> irritated always, so I'm sure the dryness wouldn't be good. I don't

> usually take allergy meds, practice avoidance instead but with all

> this summer weather we are having in the Ohio River valley it is

> beginning to be hard to avoid allergens.

>

Barb,

I have the same experiences with the allergy medicines and living in

Texas, we have allergens year round. I have found that I can greatly

minimize the allergy type meds if I use my neti pot (nasal irrigation)

twice a day, along with some supplements and OTC expectorant. The

nasal irrigation seems to remove enough of the allergens to greatly

reduce the symptoms (post nasal drip, which leads to the sore throat

and chronic coughing). I also take some supplements that supposedly

help your body deal with allergies: quercetin and nettles, along with

vitamin C. Here's a blurb that describes quercetin as being an anti-

histamine:

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsSupplements/Quercetincs.html

I take the nettles, as they're supposedly a natural expectorant,

although I still do take some Mucinex. And, quite interestingly, I've

just read that low thyroid results in excess mucous production. So,

although, I hate taking the thyroid medication, I have definitely

experienced this problem when I tried to reduce my dosage recently.

Here's a blurb on nettles: http://health.enotes.com/alternative-

medicine-encyclopedia/nettle

The advantage of this approach, of course, is no side effects like I

get from the conventional allergy meds AND the quercetin and nettles

have other positive properties, such as anti-inflammatory.

Be well,

B

[Guest guest]

Just check to make sure the sore throat is not a candida growing-I have

had this a number of times, if you catch it quickly you can kill it

with a peroxide gargel.

--- In , " barb1283 " <barb1283@...>

wrote:

>

> Can anyone recommend a non-drying allergy medicine...allergy medicine

> that causes no dryness at all to throat, etc?? Type I am using is

> giving me cotton-mouth and worsening a constant sore throat I have,

> irritated always, so I'm sure the dryness wouldn't be good. I don't

> usually take allergy meds, practice avoidance instead but with all

> this summer weather we are having in the Ohio River valley it is

> beginning to be hard to avoid allergens.

>

[Guest guest]

I found Sudafed makes Non Drying meds with Guafenisen and the sudafed

PE and they might have the other sudafed with Guaf. behind counter.

I'm trying that b/c my sinuses stay dry. I had a store brand of this

before but not sure what store so you can find cheaper. Couldn't

find a Wal-mart brand in it last time. I use also Simply Saline

which comes in a can and is better than those squirt bottle but I

wonder if saline can dry the sinuses. Seems none of the sinus meds I

use help and I have a sinus rinse irrigation bottle with ph balanced

packets I use too. Rhonda

> >

> > Can anyone recommend a non-drying allergy medicine...allergy

medicine

> > that causes no dryness at all to throat, etc?? Type I am using

is

> > giving me cotton-mouth and worsening a constant sore throat I

have,

> > irritated always, so I'm sure the dryness wouldn't be good. I

don't

> > usually take allergy meds, practice avoidance instead but with

all

> > this summer weather we are having in the Ohio River valley it is

> > beginning to be hard to avoid allergens.

> >

> Barb,

>

> I have the same experiences with the allergy medicines and living

in

> Texas, we have allergens year round. I have found that I can

greatly

> minimize the allergy type meds if I use my neti pot (nasal

irrigation)

> twice a day, along with some supplements and OTC expectorant. The

> nasal irrigation seems to remove enough of the allergens to

greatly

> reduce the symptoms (post nasal drip, which leads to the sore

throat

> and chronic coughing). I also take some supplements that

supposedly

> help your body deal with allergies: quercetin and nettles, along

with

> vitamin C. Here's a blurb that describes quercetin as being an

anti-

> histamine:

> http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsSupplements/Quercetincs.html

> I take the nettles, as they're supposedly a natural expectorant,

> although I still do take some Mucinex. And, quite interestingly,

I've

> just read that low thyroid results in excess mucous production.

So,

> although, I hate taking the thyroid medication, I have definitely

> experienced this problem when I tried to reduce my dosage recently.

> Here's a blurb on nettles: http://health.enotes.com/alternative-

> medicine-encyclopedia/nettle

> The advantage of this approach, of course, is no side effects like

I

> get from the conventional allergy meds AND the quercetin and

nettles

> have other positive properties, such as anti-inflammatory.

>

> Be well,

> B

>

[Guest guest]

Fish oil - all of the usual suspects...ALA, NAC, ALC, milk thistle,

B-complex, C+E, selenium, zinc, quercetin, antioxidants, etc..

I am GUESSING that anything that cuts inflammation helps.. Even Aleve and

drugs like aspirin..

Could someone enlighten me what exactly an allergy is and how it is

different from a toxin?

Why does a reaction get called an 'allergy'? What defines it as one and is

it always reversable? Is that the definition?

See, my medical knowledge is not so wide.. but hell.. at least I'm trying,

right?

[Guest guest]

Allergy is an immune system response to a foreign protein. The body

lauches an " attack " even though the protein is " innocent. " It can be

a protein from a food, pollen, mold spore, etc.

A toxin is more like a poison. Mold spores and toxins are released

from growing mold. The way Dr. Shoemaker explains it, the toxins just

recirculate through the body, doing damage along the way to the

neurological and hormone systems.

I have allergies and mold illness and must treat both to try to

regain my health.

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

>

> Fish oil - all of the usual suspects...ALA, NAC, ALC, milk thistle,

> B-complex, C+E, selenium, zinc, quercetin, antioxidants, etc..

>

> I am GUESSING that anything that cuts inflammation helps.. Even

Aleve and

> drugs like aspirin..

>

> Could someone enlighten me what exactly an allergy is and how it is

> different from a toxin?

>

> Why does a reaction get called an 'allergy'? What defines it as one

and is

> it always reversable? Is that the definition?

>

> See, my medical knowledge is not so wide.. but hell.. at least I'm

trying,

> right?

>

>

>