From: Steve Ewing 

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:39:09 -0500, Glenn Meadows  wrote:

> Have you been able to use Alegra or Claritin?  I know that Alegra has
> solved
> ALL my allergy problems here in TN, and we have TONS of pollen around.
> I'm
> just not moving to Alavert to see if it works as well, as the insurance
> is
> no longer covering Alegra.

I was taking Zyrtec, which was a wonderful experience: as you say, all/most
of my allergy symptoms went away (I am sensitive to pollen spring, summer
and fall).  Same thing: insurance mandated my switch to OTC; I use Alavert
and it works fine (it and Claratin are both AFAIK loratidine (sp?) but
Alavert is a smidge cheaper here).

Same general effect as Zyrtec: a few leakers (mildly itchy eyes for a few
days in spring, a few good sneezes now and then) but nothing on the scale
of what I used to suffer.

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Steve 
http://www.qmss.com/~sewing

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