# Open Message to my nose and sinuses

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-message-to-my-nose-and-sinuses/249145>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 7, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-message-to-my-nose-and-sinuses/249145 "2004-06-07T18:45:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![doomraisin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@doomraisin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomraisin)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-message-to-my-nose-and-sinuses/249145/21 "2004-06-09T13:30:17Z")

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Hah! Take THAT, thread! Another one bites the dust.

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**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-message-to-my-nose-and-sinuses/249145/22 "2004-06-09T13:40:29Z")

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> [@Trigonal Planar](#):
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> As for medication, Claritin doesn’t work for me. I don’t know why, but it does nothing. However, what I have found is extra-strength Reactine Allergy + Sinus. It has greatly improved my standard of living and keeps my nose relatively clear at night. I suggest everyone try it.

Claritin doesn’t work for me, either. Neither does Allegra, or half of the other wonder-allergy drugs that are supposed to be “approved for indoor and outdoor allergies” (whatever that’s supposed to mean. Nothing I’ve taken has EVER said, “only works on cat allergies” or “only for grass and weeds.”)  
Is Reactine off-the-shelf (as opposed to prescription) and where do you find it? I don’t believe I’ve seen that one. What’s in it?

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