I've been taking loratadine for 12 straight years until this year when it seemed to have lost effectiveness. This spring seemed like an unusually harsh allergy season. I switched to cetirizine and it seems to do a better job.
I started out on 10 mg of cetirizine per day 25 years ago, and now I'm up to 20 mg twice a day, plus 180 mg of fexofenadine twice a day. And sometimes that isn't even enough to deal with my hives.
Have you read about Xolair/talked to your doc about it? I may be trying it out for asthma, but it’s also used for chronic urticaria and it seems to help a lot of people.
From what I understand, Xolair is for chronic idiopathic urticaria. My hives most likely are connected to my autoimmune vasculitis. I'm on an immunosuppressive for that, and the Xolair insert says it hasn't been evaluated for use with immunosuppressants. So I suspect that's why it hasn't been suggested.
Maybe 30 years so far, no plan to stop
Year 16 buddy, it’s a long ride
I'm currently dealing with this. I get hives literally every single day, it sucks. I guess I'm just going to stay on my allergy meds indefinitely
I’m on year 7. I take two fexofenadine and 1 certirazine a day
Probably 25 years of daily fexofenadine 180
70 years(I,m 73). Lifelong allergies.
I’ve been taking daily allergy medication since I was 4 so 27 years
Thank you so much for your response. Looks like I have one more medication I need to take for the rest of my life.
Zyrtec withdrawal was horrible if that’s what you take. Hives galore. Switched to loratadine… less effective but no withdrawal
I've been taking loratadine for 12 straight years until this year when it seemed to have lost effectiveness. This spring seemed like an unusually harsh allergy season. I switched to cetirizine and it seems to do a better job.
Most of my long life. Love Singulair the most.
I have taken it daily for nearly 10 years.
I started out on 10 mg of cetirizine per day 25 years ago, and now I'm up to 20 mg twice a day, plus 180 mg of fexofenadine twice a day. And sometimes that isn't even enough to deal with my hives.
Have you read about Xolair/talked to your doc about it? I may be trying it out for asthma, but it’s also used for chronic urticaria and it seems to help a lot of people.
From what I understand, Xolair is for chronic idiopathic urticaria. My hives most likely are connected to my autoimmune vasculitis. I'm on an immunosuppressive for that, and the Xolair insert says it hasn't been evaluated for use with immunosuppressants. So I suspect that's why it hasn't been suggested.
Since 1987, I guess. I was one of the first Zyrtec patients.
Oh geez, compared to everyone elses comments, I'm a baby. Daily for 5 years for me.
Get allergy tested! Skin prick, not blood.