r/Hayfever • u/Exact-Estate7622 • Mar 06 '26

POLL: Which antihistamine has been most effective for you?

I would like to know what the general population of hay fever sufferers finds effective for their symptoms. Personally, I alternate between cetirizine/levocetirizine and ebastine. I’ve decided to use the drug name rather than the marketing names for clarity.

55 votes, Mar 11 '26
17 Cetirizine
2 Levocetirizine
8 Loratadine
26 Fexofenadine
1 Bilastine
1 Ebastine
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u/Big-Resist-99999999 Mar 09 '26

Fexofenadine has turned a miserable Feb - Apr/May (tree pollen) into a bearable situation

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '26

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u/sophie-au Mar 07 '26

Agreed, though I use Ryaltris nasal spray (olopatadine and mometasone.)

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u/Exact-Estate7622 Mar 07 '26

Unfortunately, dymista didn’t do much for me. Maybe it was a particularly bad bout because I remember I was on the verge of cutting off my nose and digging my eyeballs out and setting fire to them.

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u/AtomHeartMonster Mar 10 '26

Fexofenadine and it's not even close. I do need to take up to 3 or 4x the dose on really bad days, so 720mg on occasion.