For seasonal allergies? Not really, at least as far as I know. It's also not so much a "shot" as it is "repeated exposure to a thing you're allergic to to try to desensitize your immune system". Takes a very long time, has to be maintained, and one of the side effects is "More allergy symptoms".
Flonase works amazingly well for me. I also keep a backup of generic Sudafed handy as well. Since the the weather has finally shifted here in Texas. I'm enjoying a reprieve from my sinus headaches
My dad gets around his seasonal allergies by taking shots once a week for a few weeks a year when seasons change or his reactions get bad. Shots are a viable option, but you need to administer them yourself and you end up having a lot of needles, which is definitely not a plus for me, what needle phobia and all.
Shots are a viable option, but you need to administer them yourself
What? I had to go to a clinic to get all my shots. Once it hit maintenance level, I'd just go get them once a month. There was no self-administer option.
Radiolab did a piece about a guy who used tapeworms to get rid of his allergies. It was interesting to the say the least. But I would never do that crazy shit.
What? I had to go to a clinic to get all my shots. Once it hit maintenance level, I'd just go get them once a month. There was no self-administer option.
Huh, he just had a big bottle of allergy meds and needles. Though he is a practicing physician so he had the option to self-administer (I hope) It's funny that i always thought that was normal. I wonder what other stuff that happened often at my house people with non-doctor parents would find weird...
I learned last night you can get fair-trade, organic cocaine sourced from Guatamalan farmers on the deep web, among other cheap quality drugs. So there's that.
If you're in the UK especially, that's probably not a bad idea other than it's Cocaine, and illegal. I read a vice article that said that the majority of Cocaine in the UK has barely any actual Cocaine in it because its been stepped on so much, and a lot of people were probably just reporting placebo effects and the whole cultural thing of doing lines of it in a bathroom with your drinking buddies probably exacerbated that. Granted, if you're used to weak stuff theres a good chance you'll just overdose as that's been known to happen when dealers try to be "good drug dealers" and give their customers more pure stuff. Still better off not doing it at all, but better than doing some of that shit that's been cut with Levamisole which makes your flesh fall off (nothing nearly as bad as krokodil, but still messed up).
If you're in the UK especially, that's probably not a bad idea other than it's Cocaine, and illegal. I read a vice article that said that the majority of Cocaine in the UK has barely any actual Cocaine in it because its been stepped on so much, and a lot of people were probably just reporting placebo effects and the whole cultural thing of doing lines of it in a bathroom with your drinking buddies probably exacerbated that. Granted, if you're used to weak stuff theres a good chance you'll just overdose as that's been known to happen when dealers try to be "good drug dealers" and give their customers more pure stuff. Still better off not doing it at all, but better than doing some of that shit that's been cut with Levamisole which makes your flesh fall off (nothing nearly as bad as krokodil, but still messed up).
The TED talk I found out that tidbit from did make it sound like, if you were going to start a drug habit (and I am told by my nonexistent lawyers to advise that is generally a terrible idea), that the Dark Web is the best place to go. You can get anything your heart desires delivered (of course to some address other than your house), they're generally cheaper than street dealers, and the goods are going to be of a higher quality. Jaime Bartlett even talked about how he emailed a weed dealer posing as a potential buyer and they gave him some advice on getting started smoking. The only downside is you have to use Bitcoin for transactions.
I use flonase because free, but I prefer nasacort. Flonase gives me a mad headache after regular use. I'm overjoyed to not lose days to a zombie-like state of allergies.
Honestly, Sudafed is probably the only allergy medication I've taken that had any noticable effects that weren't potentially just placebo. I never remember Benadryl working for me and I took claratin for years and still had pretty bad allergies at times but Sudafed definitely helped. Damn tweakers had to fuck that up and make it harder to get.
Sudafed isn't really allergy medicine. It's a general purpose decongestant, and one of the most effective in the world.
Benadryl is a completely different kind of drug with completely different effects. You can take them both at the same time even.
Sudafed with real pseudoephedrine just unplugs your nose. It has no effect on any other allergy symptoms. Benadryl is an early anti-histamine that is fast-acting, but not as generally effective as more modern ones and with more side effects.
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They help, but not that much. They're like a bullet proof vest. Sure, you probably won't DIE if you're shot, but you're still breaking ribs.
A very long time.
So much itching....
I got shots for many many years. All they did was reduce my sensitivity to my worst allergens.
It's funny that i always thought that was normal. I wonder what other stuff that happened often at my house people with non-doctor parents would find weird...
Which is too bad, because it was super effective for me. I take Zyrtec now, and it helps, but not as much as Claritin.
Edit: Because I can't not post the link now https://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_bartlett_how_the_mysterious_dark_net_is_going_mainstream?language=en
Benadryl is a completely different kind of drug with completely different effects. You can take them both at the same time even.
Sudafed with real pseudoephedrine just unplugs your nose. It has no effect on any other allergy symptoms. Benadryl is an early anti-histamine that is fast-acting, but not as generally effective as more modern ones and with more side effects.