Hay fever is an allergic reaction to pollen that flares up when it’s warm, humid and windy. The litany of symptoms are all too familiar to Brits up and down the country. However, sneezing and itchy eyes may now be a thing of the past.
Sufferers have extolled the benefits of taking £4 hay fever tablets available at supermarkets such as ASDA, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s.
Dubbed a “miracle cure” for symptoms, hot demand for the tablets is currently outstripping supply, with major supermarkets running low on stock.
The tablets are also low in stock at Boots and Superdrug.
Shoppers described the tablets – which are stronger than traditional tablets such as Cetirizine Hydrochloride and Loratadine – as making them feel like they don’t even have hay fever at all any more.
Fexofenadine Hydrochloride, which is currently being sold under the brand name Allevia or Treathay in the UK, is now available without a prescription for the first time, meaning you can now buy it over the counter.
However, sufferers are struggling to get their hands on the hay fever panacea.
One hay fever sufferer told YorkshireLive: “I went to three different supermarkets trying to find it. It was completely sold out in Asda Handsworth in Sheffield, and it was sold out at another two in Leeds.
“I bought some online but even on Amazon Prime, there’s about a week long delay on orders and it took a week to arrive on the ‘next day’ delivery service. The reason is, it works. It’s much more potent than regular hay fever tablets, so my reactions are much more under control. I don’t know what I would have done without it this year, when the pollen has been absolutely crazy.
