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It amazed me how bad the season was the last two years with alot of my friends and family telling me through blood-shot eyes and between sneezes that "I never had allergies in my life!" One of my friends even said he wanted to put a bullet in his head to just make it stop. So me being the concerned friend and not wanting to fill out a police report did some research. I tend to gravitate towards the natural remedies. The only thing I found that seemed credible was an apple cider vinegar dietthat you have to start a month before you are prone to gittin....
My question to the minds of allstocks......ANY SUGGESTIONS!? I THINK IM GETTING THEM!!!!!
And please....I already know that global warming is causing rag-weed to flourish causing insane pollen levels...
Thank you in advance....
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I usually take claritin or alavert. Take one a day for the whole season and you should be fine. You may feel groggy the first few days but your body gets used to it.
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Start with changing filters in heating and air conditioning units, use the good anti allergy filters, (different quality anti allergy filters) change often if unit is used much. Get a free standing air unit if he can afford one, not cheap for a good one. Close all windows to keep fresher air in as much as possible. Shots will help and last get a nose irrigating unit, use daily. Also if he is allergic to mold, get a de-humidifier to help take some of the moisture out of air and to keep mold from growing.
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try using Nasonex in the future. It will not help with the current allergies, but is excellent in preventative use. I've been on it for a year and have no problems. You'll need a Dr's Rx.
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I am among those thet never experienced allergies before the last few years.
I went to a licensed physician to get help. What I got instead, through a series of referrals to others of his profession(?) was 6 months of the most arrogant and mallicious maltreatement that is imaginable, costing tens of thousands of $$$. I shall not describe it further.
I NEVER, from any one of them, though I asked repeatedly, got anything even to try to help with the allergy, though I now have proof that I have absolutely no problems with my heart, liver, back, brain, throat, etc, of any magnitude or type and have no cancerous being in me from the tip top of my head to the soles of my feet and, with low colesterol and low blood pressure, have been uniformilly assured I will live many years yet.
I now can enjoy those parts of those years when I can see through my generally bloodshot eyes and that are not burdoned with a stopped up head from the allergies they would not consider.
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My brothers been preaching ACV to me for years...there are supossidly alot of benefits...I took once before for high blood pressure and got it undere wraps
The Best Home Remedies to Cure Allergies Fast!
Organic Apple Cider Vinegar is our #1 favorite cure for stopping most allergies like pollen, dander, dust, animals food, etc. We aren't kidding! We wish more people knew about this amazing home remedy for allergies. We have found that when apple cider vinegar is taken either as a daily tonic or at the first sign of an allergy (i.e., sinus headache, stuffy nose, watery eyes), one can completely stop the histamine response or allergic reaction.
There are a couple ways you can drink apple cider vinegar. One way is to put 1/8th cup ACV in 8 oz of water and sip it throughout the day. The other method is to gulp the mixture at once. Sometimes you just have to take this dosage once to stop the allergy and sometimes you need to take it up to three times a day. If taken at the onset of symptoms, allergies will usually disappear between 1 -3 hours after taking the first dose of Apple Cider Vinegar. If you've been experiencing allergies for a day or more, your symptoms will disappear after about 24 hours. If they don't, make sure you continue to take water/vinegar mixture for several days!
We do not find Apple Cider Vinegar Tablets or Capsules to be effective whatsoever in curing allergies, but let us know if you've had better luck!
Recipe: 2 TBLSPOONS (1/8th cup) of organic ACV in 4 oz of H2O, up to 3x/day. Increase amount as necessary being careful to note if heartburn caused. If heartburn, drink milk and lots of water. Our favorite brand of Apple Cider Vinegar is _______. Trader Joe's makes a nice organic brand. If Organic is difficult to find in your area, try a name brand like Heinz Apple Cider Vinegar. A more bitter taste, but it still works!
Caveats
Strong taste. Also, some apple cider vinegar brands are very acidic, causing heartburn and yeast infections in women. A mild brand of Apple Cider Vinegar can actually cure yeast infections, however. Odd, no?
Capsules Be careful if you decide to buy capsules. They are extremely acidic and can easily cause heartburn. You can take about a cup of apple cider vinegar a day of _______'s Apple Cider Vinegar without getting heartburn.
72 Readers have cured their allergies by drinking Apple Cider Vinegar 2 Readers have NOT found success.
Julie writes, "I have taken apple cider vinegar pills and a teaspoon of honey from my local area to combat allergies. I have had much success with this combination and have told several others who were desperate for anything. All of them reported improvements in their allergies, relieving especially hay fever symptoms."
Laura writes, "I believe I am suffering from a recurring sinus infection due to allergies which are extreme this season here in the Coachella Valley Desert. I can't believe the results that I have already seen. The infection is gone from the sinus area. Now I'm just hacking up phlegm, which makes me think that it's breaking up and on it's way out. What really trips me out is that Apple Cider Vinegar and water is helping me to overcome this yuck. I will be keeping up the treatments along with building up my immune system. This has opened up my eyes to really clean myself up. I am so glad that I went Web Searching little more than a week ago. You guys are awesome and I have already book marked your site. Thank you. Laura D."
Amy, from Hartford, CT writes "I was on prescribed allergy medicine for 17 years. I started the honey and ACV mixed with water 3 years ago and rarely even have to take an over the counter allergy pill. It takes about 4-6 days of taking it twice a day to build up in my system, and then I usually only have to take it once a day. I'm a massage therapist and I recommend it to all of my clients who come in with allergies, many of them have become faithful to the ACV too. So glad someone told me about it!!
Joanie, from Akron, Ohio writes, "My cousin's doctor recommended ACV for gout, she passed this websight on to me, so I've only been using ACV for about 3 weeks now, and no migraines, no sinus headaches (northeast ohio weather horrible), allergy symptoms have all but disappeared, and FEWER HOT FLASHES (am 47), I don't understand why more physicians don't tell us about this miracle cure-all!"
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'Jogging' drink seized, destroyed - Jogging in a Jug FDA Consumer, Jan-Feb, 1996 by John Henkel
With a farmer's folksy charm, Jack McWilliams went into small towns across the country and told how a beverage he created had helped him conquer his own heart disease and arthritis. The news media in those towns ran prominently placed stories, and customers lined up to buy the drink--to the tune of $9 million in business a year.
But the government didn't buy it. By law, the product--a mixture of grape and apple juices and vinegar called Jogging in a Jug--was considered an unapproved new drug due to claims McWilliams, 64, made for it. Last July 18, FDA officials supervised the disposal of 13,320 half-gallon bottles of the juice, valued at $77,000. The federal government had seized the product on May 19, 1994, because of its unproven drug claims.
McWilliams, his son, Danny, and their firm, Third Option Laboratories of Muscle Shoals, Ala., signed a consent decree last May 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Under the terms of the decree, Third Option must alert its retail distributors of the court findings, including notification that the product cannot be "promoted, labeled, or advertised" in a way that makes unsubstantiated health claims.
funny how some vinegar drink got "poured out on the ground" but smilin bob and his enzyte are still running adds on the local news and on national cable huh?
Bush must be behind this one too huh NR? LOL...
recipe? 1 qt. Grape Juice
2 qt. Apple Juice
3/4 c. Apple Cider Vinegar
3/4 c. Honey
for Jogging in a Jug, not smilin bob's stuff
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i heard about Joggin from local advertising when in i was living i SE Va... all the little old ladies in Church drank it with their oxytabs...
seriously? there really has been a major shift in policy since Bush took over..more business friendly..
on the darker side? these guys were killing people and destroying lives and getting away with it while Joogin' in a jug was getting the ATF ax treatment:
OxyContin maker, execs plead guilty to misleading public
May 10, 2007
By SUE LINDSEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
UPDATED AT 11:31 A.M.:
ROANOKE, Va. — The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin and three of its current and former executives pleaded guilty Thursday to misleading the public about the drug’s risk of addiction, a federal prosecutor and the company said.
Purdue Pharma L.P., its president, top lawyer and former chief medical officer will pay $634.5 million in fines for claiming the drug was less addictive and less subject to abuse than other pain medications, U.S. Attorney John Brownlee said in a news release.
Advertisement The plea comes two days after the Stamford, Conn.-based company agreed to pay $19.5 million to 26 states and the District of Columbia to settle complaints that it encouraged physicians to overprescribe OxyContin.
“With its OxyContin, Purdue unleashed a highly abusable, addictive, and potentially dangerous drug on an unsuspecting and unknowing public,” Brownlee said. “For these misrepresentations and crimes, Purdue and its executives have been brought to justice.”
Privately held Purdue Pharma said it accepted responsibility for its employees’ actions.
“During the past six years, we have implemented changes to our internal training, compliance and monitoring systems that seek to assure that similar events do not occur again,” the company said in a news release.
OxyContin, a trade name for oxycodone, is a time-release painkiller that can be highly addictive. Designed to be swallowed whole and digested over 12 hours, the pills can produce a heroin-like high if crushed and then swallowed, snorted or injected.
From 1996 to 2001, the number of oxycodone-related deaths nationwide increased 400% while the annual number of OxyContin prescriptions increased nearly 20-fold, according to a report by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. In 2002, the DEA said the drug caused 146 deaths and contributed to another 318. In western Virginia, 228 people died from overdoses of oxycodone from 1996 to 2005, Brownlee said.
The fines will be distributed to state and federal law enforcement agencies, the federal government, federal and state Medicaid programs, a Virginia prescription monitoring program and individuals who had sued the compan
what i'd like to know is where is the money for the actual-real VICTIMS?
i know a few of 'em..
i even knew somebody who killed himself cuz of this stuff.. with a .38
ain't it amazing that the FDA was pouring out vinegar on the ground while it allowed fat Rushie to get hooked on these guys products
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this guy had been a navy seal. he got shot on a drug interdiction action somewhere south of the border... he recovered from the bullet wounds he got in action, but.....
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Bed Bath and Beyond has a Facial Steamer for $24.99, and it is for opening up pores, but there is an attachment just for your mouth to breathe, and although it doesn't help long term, if you can't breath late at night, it helps open up my throat/nose. Cheap Relief!
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quote:Originally posted by MichaelAdamGreen: Bed Bath and Beyond has a Facial Steamer for $24.99, and it is for opening up pores, but there is an attachment just for your mouth to breathe, and although it doesn't help long term, if you can't breath late at night, it helps open up my throat/nose. Cheap Relief!
Interesting....sounds a little Tom Cruise-ish but hey, in a pinch.......
Thanx
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I forgot to mention that some air purifier units you can try and if you do not feel they are doing any good, you can return them with full money back. I bought one to try and like it, it had a 60 day money back offer, if it does not help your allergies take it back. My biggest allergy is to digestive enzymes, which they say i cannot be allergic to, tell my body that.
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Quote Glassman, anybody here ever try the ionic breeze?
The unit i have is suppose to be a little better, it is called Hybrid GP, you can compare on line. At the time i bought it you had 60 days to try it to see if it helps, i assume the offer still stands, i am not sure if you can do that with the Ionic Breeze.
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quote:Originally posted by glassman: anybody here ever try the ionic breeze?
My friend got it and wasnt crazy about the price and the fact that the thing is so quiet hes not really sure where his money went LMAO!!! I dubbed it the "Moronic Breeze" just to bust his chops. But I know alot of other people that swear by them...and the fact alone that you dont have to buy replacement filters is a HUGE plus.
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yeah. i am religious about replacing the furnace filters... it's about 100$ a year for the medium quality filters, and if you get the really good filters? the motor on the blower burns out ALOT faster cuz they put alot more strain on it ...
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Sounds like something wrong with the motor quality, blades of the blower are really dirty, or they sell mighty fine filters in your area. I look for filters that filter as many of the allergy problems as possible and a good filter. Like you say, change often or just look at filter often to gauge how dirty it is getting. But the things that some people forget to do is check and clean those blades in the fan motor, and also clean the air vents out every so often especially if they have dust allergies. Remember if you clean the motor blower blades to shut off the main power to the heat before attemting. From time to time i hear stories that someone turns on the heat-air conditioning while someone is working, not much fun.
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The motors these days are not as good as they use to be. I have had my motor in for many years, been lucky i guess. I do clean those blades on the blower fan every six months, i am surprised that there is that much dust and dirt that gets by the filter, the upper and lower blades are hard to scrape, but it sure makes a big differance in the air circulation on the motor(keeping it cool) and in the air. Learned that many years ago working on big steam generators, if i did not clean those blades constantly even with filters, the air fuel mixture would go way off. We were using diesel at the time so after the cleaning of the blades, we would do a soot blow and the fire department would come after the black smoke would hit the air. It was all because those little blower blades got a little dirty. I am sure you know this, but for some other people that are not working with furnaces at all, those blowers blades, vents and filters can make a big differance in their allergies and heat-air circulation. Many repairman that come out have no clue to those blower blades and keeping them semi clean. As far as the filter, i knew what you were saying it was that word fine and its double meaning in this case, we were on the same track.
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Claritan sucks. It does not help. I do not have allergies but my daughter does. Benadryl is better than claritan. I liked zyrtec but insurance dont cover it. So, I give her benadryl. But, my approach is building her immune system to rid her of allergies completely. My approach great diet + clean water + positive attitude & prayer ..will rid her.
I encourage her to eat alot of fruit and vegetables and drink water free of chemicals....
I see a difference but not total eleimination...
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! am trying the ACV organic it seems to work as good as any pill that the doctor gave me.
I will try it for at least a month and see what happens somebody posted here that some times it may take some people a couple of weeks to see affects.
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quote:Originally posted by bond006: ! am trying the ACV organic it seems to work as good as any pill that the doctor gave me.
I will try it for at least a month and see what happens somebody posted here that some times it may take some people a couple of weeks to see affects.
Yes bond, from the research i did....it might take up to a month....but when you get a chance check out the other benefits....your taste-buds will not die in vain..
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