Hay fever

Hay fever is a common allergy that causes sneezing, coughing and itchy eyes. You cannot cure it, but there are things you can do to help your symptoms, or medicines you can take to help.

A pharmacist can help with hay fever

Speak to a pharmacist if you have hay fever. they can give you advice and suggest the best treatments to help with symptoms, such as:

• antihistamine drops, tablets or nasal sprays
• steroid nasal sprays

Some antihistamines can make you very sleepy, so speak to your pharmacist about non-drowsy antihistamines if you need to.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT HAY  FEVER MEDICATION 

As we approach the hay fever season, we are reminding patients that in line with national NHS England guidance, the Practice will not prescribe hay fever treatments which can be bought from the Pharmacy.

This includes eye drops, nasal sprays and antihistamines (including fexofenadine).

Please also note the hay fever injection is not available on the NHS.

Advice on how to treat symptoms of hay fever is available here Hay fever – NHS (www.nhs.uk) or here Hay Fever PIL v1.1

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