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A couple weeks ago on New Year's Eve, my mom had to run a couple of errands, and I asked her if she can pick me up some allergy meds whilst she was out.

My nose was itchy and stuffy and I was having bad sinus headaches.

When she came home about an hour later, she gave me a bottle of allergy meds and she told me "I looked in two different stores, but they don't make over the counter allergy meds for a stuffy nose. At least, all the allerg meds i could find were for runny nose."

And I just find that weird. Because my nose wasn't runny. It was stuffed to the point I could hardly breathe through it properly. But apparently cold and flu meds are for stuffy noses

Why don't they make OTC allergy meds like Claritin or Allegra-D for stuffy noses?

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[–] Jtee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's not the point. Just look for the medicinal ingredients that provide relief for your symptoms. It could be called cacapoopoo cold medicine, or super crazy allergy medicine #1 as long as it has the ingredients to treat the specific symptoms

[–] KuromiGirl04@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But I dont wanna take a cold medication for allergies

I wanna take an allergy med for allergies

[–] Jtee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

At this point you have to be trolling or incredibly neurodivergent and unable to look past the word cold on a box. The latter is understandable. I'd suggest researching which specific ingredients may help allergies and why it might be included in other/similar medication. Consult a doctor if needed.