Tylenol vs. Texas....Battle Royale!
Written: Sep 10 '00
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Pros: Relieves all major allergy-related symptoms
Cons: must be taken at onset of allergy attack - burning/itching nose or first sneeze
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| myoptical's Full Review: Tylenol Allergy Sinus |
I moved to Texas about 7 years ago. In the Midwest, my allergies were tolerable and didn't require heavy/frequent doses of medicine for more than a week during the summer months. Coracidin-D is what I usually took to get rid of the stuffy nose and the post-nasal drip would usually go away. Coradicin-D worked well for Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin....central Texas was too tough for it though.
Austin, Texas is labeled the pollen capitol of the world. Yes there are other cities, some east some west, that will blanket your car in a powdery, sticky, chalk-like substance. However, Austin has the ability to create allergies in those who have never had them before. And, not just make you have allergies...make you have BAAAD allergies!
The kind that'll make you use a whole box of Kleenex by yourself in less than 4 hours. Everyone in my house, dog included, has allergies. We go through about 5 boxes per week. And that's with taking medicine 3 out of 7 days per week.
The kind that'll make ya' sneeze non-stop for 5 minutes or so. The kind that'll make you exhibit flu-like symptoms. You'd have to know that it's allergies causing your problem or the medicine you may take will provide you no relief. The kind that'll make you wake up every morning with a sore throat because of the sinus drainage.
These symptoms were not this severe when I first moved here. The longer you stay...the more severe they become. Texas has two seasons: green and brown. The brown season lasts from about late October to February. The rest is free game to weeds that grow taller than my 5'5" stature in less than 14 days. Cedar trees are a big contributor to the allergy situation in "central" Texas (Austin and surrounding cities). Cedar pollen can be so thick that it looks like smog from a distance in some locations. There is also some weird moss that grows on the trees that produces mold. The combination of the two is extremely volatile to your immune system.
As I had to try new medicines to relieve my symptoms, I asked my physician first. He attempted to push some new pharmaceutical drug on my like some pusher on the corner. I replied that I'd like to avoid taking medication if possible. His reply was "...well, personally I take 6-7 grams of Vitamin C per day." It was all I could do to contain myself from giving him a split lip! The audacity of this idiot...and he went to med school so I could pay him for this...?
I used chewable 500mg Cherry-flavored Vitamin C from GNC and it worked quite well. My wife and I fed them to our son, before our daughter arrived, as if it was candy. He could just ask for a "wafer" and he'd get a dose of Vitamin C. SPECIAL NOTE: 1.) I'm not trying to provide med advice. 2.) You cannot overdose on Vitamin C. 3.) It is water-soluble and what isn't absorbed is passed through your urine. 4.) Side-effects from heavy dosage is diarrhea. One good thing about using Vitamin C was I never experienced the "medicine-head," or "dry nose," or "sleepy eye" symptoms usually associated with relieving allergies. I was awake and totally alert all day long. Noone got sick. We crushed it and put it in the dogs water so he could get benefits of Vit C as well.
One unfortunate drawback is that it is much more expensive than taking allergy medicine. We would go through about $40 of Vitamin C per week for the whole family. Now that my wife is staying home with the children and is foregoing her career as a chemist until later...that method has gone out of the window. We can buy Tylenol Allergy-Sinus for my wife and I and it'll last nearly 3 weeks. We buy a generic version of Triaminic for the kids (review to come).
One think about Tylenol Allergy-Sinus is that I have to take it when my nose begins to burn/itch. If I don't I'll have to take 3 tablets an I'll be zonked for at least an hour until my body regains it's composure. T A-S (Tylenol Allergy-Sinus) does relive ALL my symptoms: runny nose, congestion and headache (usually from dehydration/runny nose).
One good thing about my wife having worked for a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson is that we got about 6 bottles of T A-S for about $6 total before the plant closed. We won't have to buy any for a loooooooooooooooooong time to come. Thank goodness cause our allergy season won't be ending for a looooooooooooong time to come.
Recommended:
Yes
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Member: JOHN B. WADE III, all liberties reserved
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