Forums >Health and Nutrition>Allegra vs. Zyrtec
rectumdamnnearkilledem
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
The Crap Whisperer
Being the best tiny spec that I can be!
I have heard that is does not affect everyone like this
Mitch & Pete's Mom
Allegra requires a prescription, Zyrtec is over the counter. Allegra is brand-only, Zyrtec comes in generics. Allegra is a big pill, Zyrtec is a small pill. But they both work about the same, although there seems to be a lot of individual variation in response to these. Zyrtec being OTC, why are you asking? Just go try it out.
Oh, I'll just jump in my car and bring over my bottle of Zyrtec for you to try. I have almost a full bottle because it did nothing for me. But my snot problems might have been more of a cold and less allergy related. 'Think you could make me a sandwich when I get there? I might be a little hungry from the cross country drive.
Ahhh...I thought there was a prescription dosage that was different. I thought there was an OTC version of Allegra, too...? I'm on Allegra 180, I thought there was an OTC that was about half that strength.
I've also heard that Zyrtec gives some people drowsiness issues
OK, so how $$ is the OTC Zyrtec? That's one advantage of the Allegra...$5/month, since the script is generic.
Allegra is not generic. Zyrtec is probably more expensive since you have to pay the full price. I'd suspect that a generic would be ~$10-15 per month.
Zoomy, FWIW, I also spent my junior high and high school years in a fog every spring because Benedryl was the only thing that worked, but it made me soo tired I could barely function. I tried Allegra and it did absolutely nothing for me. Zyrtec has worked great for me for the past 3 years. It does not make me tired at all like the Benedryl did. I actually can make it through the month of May now without either sleeping through it or having sneezing fits.
Ok, maybe "Allegra" is not generic, but Fexofenadine is...are you playing a semantics game, Dr. Trent? If Fexofenadine were not generic I'd be paying a lot more than $5/month (our standard generic prescription drug co-pay) for it.
Oh, this sounds so promising! Your reactions to things appear to be similar to mine. Oh, and what made junior high allergy issues even worse was that our Science teacher liked to pop Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" tapes in during class and shut the lights off. He would get pissed when I would completely zonk-out in class, but I physically could. not. stay. awake. Benadryl + soothing Sagan + dark room = not-so-zoomy zoomy.
Oh, oops, I forgot that. Time moves forward.
Look for a small starter pack of Zyrtec, I know they carried them last year, so I'm assuming they are still out there. Was like a 5 pack for right around $5.99. Gives you enough to try them for a few days to see if they will work. (Seems to take a few days for me if I'm in full blown "mess mode") and you're not out too much money if they don't.