My migraine drug (Midrin) recently stopped being manufactured because it is so old that it didn't actually go through the testing-->approval process that the FDA has now, so suddenly the FDA was all "oh, there's no proof of efficacy, blah blah blah."
EXCEPT HOW IT STOPPED MY HEADACHES. I got your efficacy right there, buddy.
So now I take fioricet, which is decent but not great. So I'm going to give acupuncture a shot. (I keep saying that but haven't yet called her. Soon, I swear!)
Now I gotta go make cookies for Tim's ex's son. I am going to load him down with food and dog food and water and paper towels (you need the last if you have the first 3).
This stuff Connie? Says it's acetaminophen.
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Allegra is now over-the-counter
WOOOO!!
I made the Bobby-Hill-squealing-like-a-girl sound (and flappy hands) when I saw the signs in CVS.
I made the Bobby-Hill-squealing-like-a-girl sound (and flappy hands) when I saw the signs in CVS.
I first read that as
Benny
Hill.
This stuff Connie? Says it's acetaminophen.
Notice it says "new formula." I have a vague memory that Cope, which was marketed for "women's pain," had something in it that was taken off over the counter.
My CVS totally has Allegra. What does it have over Zyrtec?
Much as I was hopeful about the Zyrtec (which I took with a real-sugar Dr. Pepper...which might have made a difference), a few hours later and my throat is hurting again...even after being indoors away from the ugly tree spores. Feh.
For a non-chemical kinda gal, my allopathic drawer is filling right up with the allergy meds. Bah.
Like the mysterious pamabrom in Pamprin. It's some flavor of diuretic, I know.
Hot damn, that's good news. Allegra is awesome stuff.
My CVS totally has Allegra. What does it have over Zyrtec?
Different antihistamines just work differently. You'd think I, of all people, would know why, but I don't. I just think the different drugs work differently with people's bodies. Same reason different anti-depressants work better or worse for different people.
Allegra always seemed to kick the most ass, though, consistently. And the problem with my health insurance (and most people's, I think) is that as soon as comparable antihistamines such as Claritin were available OTC (comparable in terms of being non-sedating and only needing to be taken once or twice a day), then insurance companies wouldn't allow prescriptions for allergy drugs like Allegra that were still prescription-only when similar ones could be gotten OTC.
Bastards.
I'm sure they did/do the same thing with acid-reducing drugs like Prilosec, etc. (Interestingly, some acid-reducing drugs are also histamine blockers; they just act at a different receptor than allergy drugs do.)
God damn, I am Cliff Clavin sometimes.
