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Article: Heady developments: fast relief when hay fever strikes.
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- Sports Afield
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
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It's a dry, breezy, late-summer afternoon and you've decided to skip returning to work after lunch and head for the river. On the drive there, you roll down the car windows and let the fragrant air waft over you. But 10 minutes later, as you're unpacking your tackle from the trunk, you're miserable. Your eyes are tearing and itchy, your nose is running, your throat is sore and scratchy, and you're sneezing like a fool.
It's hay fever season again -- and it's time to arm yourself against the ragweed, tree and grass pollens, and mold spores that cause allergic rhinitis. Fortunately for you and your 20 million fellow sufferers, two new medications, both nasal ...