tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post116230375450815000..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Are We Winning the War on Sniffles?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1162569769928743212006-11-03T10:02:00.000-06:002006-11-03T10:02:00.000-06:00I have severe allergic rhinitus. Hay Fever that is...I have severe allergic rhinitus. Hay Fever that is so bad my eyelids get so red and irritated that the insides of my lids swell out until they are visible all around my eyes.<BR/><BR/>Nose runs like a faucet, (I have had it drip out on the floor in public places when I was speaking to someone). At home I have had to sometimes just plug both nostrils with tissue to be able to function without dripping everywhere. Powerful and constant sneezing, itching, swollen throat, ears, and mouth and sometimes ashma type symptoms. <BR/><BR/>You can't keep your eyes open to drive when you sneeze constantly. <BR/><BR/>I suffer from these allergies year round with some seasons worse than others. Nothing has helped me except Drixoral and nothing created since then, more "modern" medicine, has helped nearly as well and with as few side effects as Drixoral. <BR/><BR/>I took two a day, prescription, for years and years. Then it was made over the counter. I still took two a day every day...not just waiting for the worst days...but taking it every day in hopes of preventing the worst days.<BR/><BR/>Now I can only get twenty a month. My husband buys twenty and there I am with enough for twenty days of the month. <BR/><BR/>Mostly, I try to do without, but on occasion, my daughter buys some if I have to have it in addition to what my husband and I buy. <BR/><BR/>It's really irritating and because of the severity of my symptoms, quite anxiety provoking. Then my migraines increase because of worrying about being without Drixoral.<BR/><BR/>I guess I'll just have to ask my doctor for a prescription for sixty a month, if they can do that.<BR/><BR/>Other psuedoephedrine products didn't work for me.<BR/><BR/>It better be helping the world be a better place, since now, I have to to go through this anxiety and enduring more symptoms of my allergies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1162323715151977392006-10-31T13:41:00.000-06:002006-10-31T13:41:00.000-06:00To further point out the stupidity of this law, I ...To further point out the stupidity of this law, I would like to mention that when I go to the pharmacy to pick up my wife's Adderall prescription, I am not required to show ID. Adderall is a combination of four amphetamine salts. It's essentially speed that is prescribed for ADD/ADHD. And it's a lot easier to get that from my pharmacy that it is to get Sudafed these days. THAT is stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com