Re: *To MAry-Allergies (was: Digest Number 2601

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There is a very good allergy specialist in Michigan that a lot of people go

to, because there is no one like it on the East Coast nor the West Coast

from what understand. They use the sublingual drop treatments that are

supposed to work so much better than the other types.

The doctor's name there is Dr. Croker, and their office is called Allergy

Associates of LaCrosse.

A gal I know in upstate New York told me she went there, and said it was

actually even a lot cheaper for her to go see them instead of somebody

locally. She also told meow much 8it had finally helped her with her

problems.

I noticed the same thing when I called the allergists in a city nearby

myself - they wanted more than twice as much as Allergy Associates of

LaCrosse jsut to start out

Anyway, you might want to look them up on the web agive them a call and see

what they have to say.

I know they have helped a lot of people.

~Inga

Flonase is a glucocorticoid (steroidal in nature), so it's going to take

some time for it to work on the nasal passages. It does help relieve

inflammation and swelling in there, but it's SO expensive for one of those

tiny little sprayer bottles. I'm going to order some as soon as I see a

hole in my budget to do it with, and I will stay on it yr round, the way I

used to. It works, but I've just not been able to afford it, however. For

me, it takes the Flonase, plus Allegra, plus a decongestant

(periodocally-only), to see a vast improvement. I have yr round allergies

(oak, cedar, St. Augustine grass, molds, dust mite, plus industrial stuff

and car exhaust, yuk!), so it's necessary for me to have something ALL the

time. The crap in the air, water, and food in this society today does not

make for a normal existence, even if a person had decent adrenal function,

they won't have by the time they've reached a certain point in life, lol.

Zyrtec gives me postural hypotension (when I stand up and walk around or

bend over), Claritin is not working on me like it used to, and is making me

groggy and foggy, but Allegra works well for me, but is very expensive here

in the U.S., so I would have to order it overseas to afford it, just haven't

done it yet.

> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:34:06 -0600

>

> Subject: OT: Zyrtec-D and Flonase

>

> I finally got my husband to go to the doctor after a week of major nasal

> congestion and fatigue. He has been congested in his nose as long as I

> have known him, 12 years. When we get into spring or fall and have all of

> these weather changes( 3 days of winter then 4 days of spring then back

to

> 3 days of winter, typical SE Texas) he gets completely plugged up and is

> constantly getting rid of snot, plus fatigue. He has put it off because

1)

> he is a guy and 2) he doesn't want to be " on drugs " the rest of his

> life. Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with either drug? So

far

> the Zyrtec-d is starting to decongest him. The Flonase says it can take

> several days to start working.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Kate G