Consider intranasal (inhaled) antihistamines. These medicines can give allergy relief of the sneezing and itchy nose without the drowsy feeling you might get by taking (older) oral antihistamines, Murray Grossan, MD, tells WebMD.
This Los-Angeles based ENT, inventor of the Grossan Hydro Pulse Nasal Irrigator, and author of The Sinus Cure, says you can also try to prevent allergy symptoms with over-the-counter nasal sprays that contain mast cell inhibitors (such as NasalCrom). "These allergy medicines need several days to give good allergy relief and must be started a few weeks before contact with allergens."
