Can one become tolerant of an allergy?

Homeopathic remedies do exactly nothing, since they contain exactly nothing but pure water.

My environmental allergies (typical shit both inside and outside) have diminished significantly over the years. They used to be very bad from the teenage years all the way into my 30’s. Over time they just naturally dimished to the point where I can now go months between popping pills, where early on I could eat drugs on an hourly basis and that only took the edge off.

Nothing has really changed besides my age. If anything, I would suspect my exposure to the problem materials is now somewhat higher and more constant than it used to be.

I think my body just finally gave up :slight_smile:

Ooooooh, goodie-it’s GQ. I look forward to your cite, since you’ve decided to suggest nonsensical, proven-ineffective treatments for people who have potentially life-threatening allergies.

A pointer to the clinical trial results, or a summary of same would be sufficient. Since quackmeds usually don’t bother with clinical trials, I’ll also accept any double-blind, controlled study done under unbiased conditions. Anecdotal data (it worked for me!) will be rudely rejected, as will anything with “results not typical” or “not intended for the treatment or cure of any disease or condition” printed on it.

Nah, some of them contain other inert ingredients, as well, such as the infamous wax in HeadOn.

A “real” homeopathic medication, assuming that term has any meaning at all, would be so diluted that the chances of finding a molecule of the supposedly “effective” substance is small.

I think few homeopathic medications are “real” in that sense nowadays. Take the recent to-do about Zicam.

The charge is that there’s enough zinc in the product to cause loss of smell. The company disputes any such charges.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2007-08-01-zicam_N.htm

“Real” homeopathic medications are pure quackery. The stuff that is peddled today is either totally ineffective or harmful. Nothing outside anecdotal responses indicates that it is helpful.

neuf08, are we piling on you? I certainly hope so. Nobody should recommend homeopathy for anything, ever.

Not to dispute anything about homeopathic medications (Which I agree with everything y’all are saying), but as far as I was aware, Zicam wasn’t considered or marketed as a homeopathic medication. First, Zicam actually had something in it (Hence the problem with it), second, there were actual studies on the effectiveness of Zinc and Vitamin C in lowing the duration of the common cold.

Again, I do agree with y’all on homeopathic medications, the only thing it actually does is activate the Placebo effect on people, and for the record, I never did recommend Zicam, I thought it wasn’t worth the price for one or two days less on a cold.

You must mean except for the word homepathic plastered in giant letters across the front of the box.

8.5 (alas, you lost points for referring to 10 pt. type as “giant”) :slight_smile:

Don’t be ridiculous. That water was blessed by Tibetan monks through rituals passed down for millenia. Of course it works. Never did we know more about medicine than the stone ages.

Ok, so it was advertised as homeopathic… Guess I just never studied the box hard enough. I never recommended it to anyone just because it wasn’t effective enough to be worth the >$20 price tag when you could just drink a bunch of cheap OJ.