S/O allergies - any zyrtec users in here?

mlveynar · June 2011

I have been an allegra and then a claritin user for years (like 10 I think). But now I'm starting to think that claritin just isn't cutting it for me. So I'm going to try zyrtec and see if that makes me feel better. I was at the pharmacy and I bought like 5 tablets, but I noticed that there is also a zyrtec D that you buy from behind the counter. What's the difference? Should I have gotten the D kind, or is the regular over the counter kind just fine?

aligator423uf · June 2011

I always buy the regular, and it works just fine for me. Sometimes we even get the generic. DH gets a bad sore throat and swollen glands with his allergies, and I get sinus headaches/congestion with mine but Zyrtec works for both of us.

kahoel25 · June 2011

when i was in high school i started on the quest for the perfect allergy meds. i tried allegra and claritin and it did diddly poo. i also tried flonase and other nasal meds. zyrtec worked the best and i've been on it ever since.

i buy the generic zyrtec to save money wherever i go to buy it, there's no difference in the active ingredient between name brand and store brand. i have never tried the zyrtec D, but it has pseudophedrine in it as a decongestant. If your nose is always stuffy, maybe you need it. If not, you can probably get by with the regular.

iheartcutepuppies · June 2011

kahoel25:
when i was in high school i started on the quest for the perfect allergy meds. i tried allegra and claritin and it did diddly poo. i also tried flonase and other nasal meds. zyrtec worked the best and i've been on it ever since.
i buy the generic zyrtec to save money wherever i go to buy it, there's no difference in the active ingredient between name brand and store brand. i have never tried the zyrtec D, but it has pseudophedrine in it as a decongestant. If your nose is always stuffy, maybe you need it. If not, you can probably get by with the regular.

Ditto here.

Works the best for me.

mlveynar · June 2011

Good to know! I plan to buy the generic (because Costco has it for stupid cheap), but I wanted to try it before buying a bottle that will last me for a year. I didn't look closely enough to see that the D kind has pseudoephedrine in it. I don't think I need that, and if I do, I have a big box of that stuff at home.

LarissaAnn · June 2011

I get the regular BUT have found that the liquigels work tons better than the capsules. Tons.

BB8785 · June 2011

zyrtec d has an anihistamine plus pseudophedrine .. pseudophedrine is why you have to buy it behind the counter because people like to make meth out of it.

i take zyrtec d .. and i have horrible allergies

aligator423uf · June 2011

LarissaAnn:
I get the regular BUT have found that the liquigels work tons better than the capsules. Tons.

This is good to know. I was just at the store hemming and hawing over whether to get the regular tablets or the liquid gels. I ended up going with the regular tabs just in case, but for next time I will definitely get the liquid gels. They make them in generic form too!

LarissaAnn · June 2011

Cool. Yeah, when they first came out, I kind of scoffed at the liquigels because they were more expensive, but I got curious and tried.them. the difference was "holy crow!"-worthy. I should maybe look into the pseudoephedrine ones for really bad allergy days, though. Or when I've also got a cold. Better than taking Zyrtec AND Sudafed, I imagine.

S/O allergies - any zyrtec users in here?

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