A couple weeks ago on New Year’s Eve, my mom had to run a couple of errands, and I asked her if she can pick me up some allergy meds whilst she was out.
My nose was itchy and stuffy and I was having bad sinus headaches.
When she came home about an hour later, she gave me a bottle of allergy meds and she told me “I looked in two different stores, but they don’t make over the counter allergy meds for a stuffy nose. At least, all the allerg meds i could find were for runny nose.”
And I just find that weird. Because my nose wasn’t runny. It was stuffed to the point I could hardly breathe through it properly. But apparently cold and flu meds are for stuffy noses
Why don’t they make OTC allergy meds like Claritin or Allegra-D for stuffy noses?
They do - oxymetolazine/afrin nasal spray. Just don’t use it for more than 2 days as it causes rebound congestion. Pseudoephedrine in allegra/claritin d or in sudafed would also help. Pseudoephedrine is OTC but always behind the counter and has to be requested because people make meth from it. Phenylephrin has been shown not to work - avoid. Avoid in evening as it’ll keep you awake. If you really need to clear out use a nasal saline spray or neti pot.
Pseudoephedrine with acetometafin? Or just alone? I can get the mixture off the shelf.
I hate nasal sprays though
In a fan of neti pot, despite how weird it feels, but be sure to read up on proper use (salt and sterile water!)