[geeks] achoo

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:13:05PM -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:

> I've found a cheap over-the-counter antihistamine that I need only take
> twice or maybe three times a day at most (in the 25mg dose) and for me
> it doesn't have any really bad side effects (chloropheneramine, which is
> also available really cheaply over-the-counter makes my nose bleed, even
> in the 4mg dose, and it makes me drowsy).  It's called diphenhydramine
> hydrochloride.  Up here it's the active ingredient in the "Life Brand"
> no-name product at Shoppers Drug Mart, but it's also available as
> "Allernix" from Technilab, Inc., and probably many others.
> 
> $10 or $15 buys 100 25mg Allernix tablets, and $8 buys 24 "Life Brand",
> so it's one hell of a lot cheaper than any of the other name brand ones
> I can't take anyway!  :-)

I'll have to try it sometime, when drowsy is OK. 

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd