Asthma pollen and cycling

"bin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Anyone else suffering? I'm thinking of doing intervals indoors on a
stationary bike at the gym, or swimming at an indoor pool.

Bin

It's daily antihistamine time for me. :-(

Cheers, helen s

On Fri, 20 May 2005 18:55:14 +0100, bin <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Anyone here having problems over the last few weeks with asthma and the
pollen

Yes. I blame the poxy oilseed rape, but last month it was the equally
poxy trees...

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It's daily antihistamine time for me. :-(

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Me too, height of the puffing season. My doctor put me on something
called Sereven, and there's still the Fucidin just before I set out on
the cycle. And good old Zyrtec to avoid apnea at night.

I know drug names might be different here but

Fucidin is an anti-staphyllococcal antibiotic here (UK) fucidic acid and
I would not normally prescribe this for asthma.

Zirtek is an antihistamine
Serevent a long-acting asthma drug.

Your medications may vary...

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Can I recount my own experiences with hay fever
For most of my life I was plauged by summer grass pollen hay fever. When my
son was young he was geeting sore tummy and headaches and the doctor advised
to try him on a milk free diet. Milk and milk products - NO CHEESE!!
(Gromit). As a family we cut out milk, cheese, butter, custard etc. My wife
went to great lenghts to get food without Whey powder - quite a difficult
course of action. My sons health got better and that year my wife commented
that my hay fever had been much reduced.
I have subsequently become aware of my own lactose allergy and by adjusting
my diet I dont get the headaches etc. that I thought were due to stress.
Although my hay fever has not disappeared completely it is easily controlled
to become a trifling problem with over-the-counter medicines such as
Clarityn or Boots -own equivalent. I have subsequently learned that lactose
intolerance is supposedly quite common and acts as a trigger for more
alergic reactions.
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Elisa Francesca Roselli <[email hidden]>typed

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wafflycat wrote:

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It's daily antihistamine time for me. :-(

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Me too, height of the puffing season. My doctor put me on something
called Sereven, and there's still the Fucidin just before I set out on
the cycle. And good old Zyrtec to avoid apnea at night.

I know drug names might be different here but

Fucidin is an anti-staphyllococcal antibiotic here (UK) fucidic acid and
I would not normally prescribe this for asthma.

Zirtek is an antihistamine
Serevent a long-acting asthma drug.

Your medications may vary...

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Allergies vary from time to time anyway.
What's good for eyes is Opticrom drops, 3 or 4 times a day.
I don't get asthma, now but did a little as a teenager. I do get hay
fever though and I take a steroid nasal spray during the hav-fever
time. It's VERY important how you sniff it.
You block one nostril and sniff in violently, twice, spraying just
after you start to sniff. If you feel the stuff hurt your sinuses,
you're doing it right. 2 sniffs per nostril, maybe twice a day. This
stuff will also stop the running nose some of us get when cycling in
cold weather.

p.s. I'm not a bullshitter. I'm a doctor (a sort of elevated
bullshitter!)

Scrumpy Joe of Gnu-Linux said:

I know how you feel. My Asthma will be aggravated around the end of
Aug/Sept (mould spores maybe?).

Also house dust mite breeding season - numbers go up to 3-4 times the
population during the rest of the year.
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Allergies vary from time to time anyway.
What's good for eyes is Opticrom drops, 3 or 4 times a day.[snip]

I find Rapitil (nedochromil sodium for the biochemists & pharmacists
out there) works better than opticrom (good old sodium chromoglycate.)
I get mine on prescription, but have a feeling it is now available over
the counter at pharmacies

Zirtek is also my antihistamine of choice - most of the others do
_nothing_ against my hayfever.

TL

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Zirtek is also my antihistamine of choice - most of the others do
_nothing_ against my hayfever.

TL

Zirtek is the brand name for cetirizine. If you buy the geenric cetirizine,
you'll save yourself a lot of money for the same drug.

Cheers, helen s

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Zirtek is the brand name for cetirizine. If you buy the geenric
cetirizine,

"generic" even ---------------------------------------^

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you'll save yourself a lot of money for the same drug.

Cheers, helen s

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Zirtek is the brand name for cetirizine. If you buy the geenric
cetirizine,

"generic" even ---------------------------------------^

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you'll save yourself a lot of money for the same drug.

Cheers, helen s

I just have to grin and bare it. I cant take anti-hystamines, 'cos they
affect the other drugs I need take to keep me upright on the bike!

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