Allergy symptoms early this year?

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Doesn't that require you to constantly come back to the clinic for weekly injections for about 6 months?

A pain in the ass, but I'm willing to do it if nothing else works.

How much does this long-term treatment cost in total?

It can't be cheap...
My guess is at least 100k JPY.
It's free where I live (universal health care), but I still declined because of the long-term commitment (im pretty sure more than 6 months). also i don't like needles.
at the start i think it's once per week then the doses become more infrequent until it's once per month.

And from what I know, the sublingual immunotherapy (oral) is more expensive than injections.
 
My guess is at least 100k JPY.
It's free where I live (universal health care), but I still declined because of the long-term commitment (im pretty sure more than 6 months). also i don't like needles.
at the start i think it's once per week then the doses become more infrequent until it's once per month.

And from what I know, the sublingual immunotherapy (oral) is more expensive than injections.

Yes, better to wait a few years for the sublingual immunotherapy option to maybe drop in price.

I can handle needles but every week for even a month sounds annoying.

I aways wondered if immunotherapy has ever failed to work for some people that have done it for the full cycle?

Once you are immune, I believe most people remain immune for life, but maybe this isn't the case with some people?

I will ask my Japanese friend tonight about how many years it took her to develop an immunity to Sugi naturally.

She never did immunotherapy, but no longer has any allergic symptoms to Sugi.
 
I'm not on top of the latest trends, but I did the shots continuously for about 15 years. Yeah, it's a pain but it was more than worth it. I stopped because I mostly grew out of my childhood asthma, but my allergies are much worse now then when I was taking shots.
 
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I'm not on top of the latest trends, but I did the shots continuously for about 15 years. Yeah, it's a pain but it was more than worth it. I stopped because I mostly grew out of my childhood asthma, but my allergies are much worse now then when I was taking shots.

15 years continuously holy shit!

I thought immunotherapy could help a person become immune to a specific allergy or allergies within a year or two...?
 
15 years continuously holy shit!

I thought immunotherapy could help a person become immune to a specific allergy or allergies within a year or two...?

I probably stayed on it because of my asthma.

I do have a co-worker who did it for a year or two with great success. But I still don't think he will be immune forever.
 
I realize now without a doubt that I have allergic conjunctivitis アレルギー性結膜炎 which Allegra is supposed to be able to help with?

I have some Allegra that I bought today and I am reading that although this medication makes you drowsy, it is alright to drink coffee and caffeinated drinks while taking this medication.

Is this correct warubuta? Are there any non-drowsy forms of Allegra available here in Japan?
 
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Looks like I got an answer to one of my questions.

This sign says a lot of stuff but mentions it doesn't make you really tired and that you can still drive a vehicle.

Good to know.
 
Pretty badass but hopefully Panasonic makes these better than their TV display screens...although I did buy a Panasonic CD player in the mid 90's that lasted me about 8 years of use and abuse.

I have a Panasonic notebook PC (Toughbook CF-29) that's 14 years old and STILL functional - it even once got run over by a car and kept on ticking. It used to be my daily carry device, these days it's just running Linux and is being used as a controller for my home backups.
 
I have a Panasonic notebook PC (Toughbook CF-29) that's 14 years old

Is it that long when it came out? Now you made me feel old. I remember when pretty much every van had one of those in it.

I have had around half a dozen Panasonic laptops. Not Toughbooks, just the normal business ones. Even they are impossible to break, I have had to try to figure out homes for them all after I have retired them.
 
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I have a Panasonic notebook PC (Toughbook CF-29) that's 14 years old and STILL functional - it even once got run over by a car and kept on ticking. It used to be my daily carry device, these days it's just running Linux and is being used as a controller for my home backups.

Yes, Panasonic has some great products. A Japanese friend of mine mentioned that their company was using Panasonic TV's for their office meetings and in about a year or just over a year, the display screens were crapping out. This didn't happen with just one or two, this happened with like four or five of them lol.

As for laptops, I own a MSI GT70 2PC Dominator. I bought it about 5 years ago and it is still a beast. I hope I can get another 5+ years out of it. Great of PC gaming.
 
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Just took a pill of Allegra FX about 20 minutes ago.

My roommate just brewed up some delicious green tea...it is safe to drink green tea or coffee while taking this right?

My roommate claims it is safe but thought people with allergies on here might know.

I know this isn't a health forum, but nobody answers my questions on the health forums...just retarded bots lol.
 
It's fine. Avoid cocaine. :)
 
View attachment 6903 Looks like I got an answer to one of my questions.

This sign says a lot of stuff but mentions it doesn't make you really tired and that you can still drive a vehicle.

Good to know.
Yes and it works pretty well - for me anyway. Thats why I buy the generic version in bulk for about 1/5th the price when I am in the US.
 
Ok, Allegra FX sucks balls at least for me.

As an antihistamine, I realize it dries up a runny nose, but it congested me beyond all hell...feels like someone poured cement into my sinus cavities ffs.

On the box, it states to take this medication if you suffer from various allergy symptoms including nasal congestion...fucking really?

I'm going to stick to class 1 allergy medications and just get a prescription from an allergy clinic.
 
Ok, so I went to an allergy clinic yesterday afternoon and the doctor gave me a test to see just how bad my allergies are and then he hooked me up to a nebulizer machine for about 5 minutes.

Damn that machine is awesome. I could feel it clear up my sinuses within minutes. I was at least able to breathe through one side of my nose for most of the day.

He prescribed me the following: Bepotastine Besilate, Pranlukast capsules 112.5mg and Nasonex.

Just had a late breakfast and took the Pranlukast and used the Nasonex. I will take the Bepotastine Besilate at night since it reads that it can make you drowsy and I only need to take it once a day anyway.

I also just ordered one of those 超音波温熱吸入器UN-135 (Ultrasonic thermal inhaler UN-135) from Amazon for only 10,111yen!

This was rated number 1 for people with allergies that don't enjoy taking allergy medications all the time.

Has anyone taken these medications or used this inhaler before?
 
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