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Hey y'all! Ever since I joined the Curex team, I've learned some amazing tips and tricks that have helped me get through allergy season. Today I'd like to share a few with all of you!

1. During high pollen season take a shower before bed: Pollen clings to your skin and hair. So after a full day of contact, showering will eliminate this issue so you're not exposing yourself to pollen all throughout the night as well.

2. Don't ignore your eye-related symptoms: Eye-related allergy symptoms are vastly under-treated compared to nasal-related allergy symptoms. Consider picking up eye drops on top of your nasal drops.

3. Don't wait for symptoms to start to treat: Antihistamines work best when they're already active in your system. Get an early start about 2 weeks before your allergy season kicks in so your body doesn't have to play catch up.

Hope this helps! Add onto my list in the replies!

Hi everyone! Happy hump day! I've been following a story about a 10-year-old girl who helped pass legislation in California that requires chain restaurants with 20+ locations to label any items on their menus that have one of the top 9 allergens in them.

There's similar legislation being presented in other states like New Jersey, Illinois and New York (where I'm based). I've heard lots of pros and some cons for this, wanted to see what you guys think! Thanks in advance 😊

Since we're just getting this community going, figured a good place to start is clearing up some of the most common mix-ups we hear about sublingual immunotherapy (allergy drops). No sales pitch here — just facts, sources linked where relevant.

1. "Allergy drops aren't FDA approved, so they're not legit"
This one comes up constantly. The FDA hasn't approved specific SLIT drop formulations the way it approves a standardized pill — that's because SLIT is compounded per-patient based on your individual allergen panel, similar to other compounded medications. The allergen extracts themselves are FDA-regulated. SLIT has decades of peer-reviewed research behind it and is actually the more common form of immunotherapy in Europe. "Not FDA approved" doesn't mean "not medically supported" — it means it's delivered differently than a mass-produced drug.

2. "Shots work better than drops"
Both target the same mechanism: building tolerance to allergens over time. Meta-analyses comparing shots (SCIT) and drops (SLIT) generally show comparable efficacy for environmental allergies, with drops having a notably better safety profile — much lower risk of systemic reaction, which is why they can be done at home instead of requiring an in-office visit with observation time.

3. "Drops don't actually work, it's basically snake oil"
Probably the most persistent myth, and the least accurate. SLIT isn't symptom-masking like antihistamines — it's actual immune desensitization. A recent peer-reviewed study we were involved in found "a measurable improvement in allergen tolerance among SLIT patients". It's not instant: most people see meaningful improvement in 3-6 months, full effect around 12.

4. "Drops are more expensive than shots overall"
Often the reverse. Shots usually come with recurring in-office visit fees on top of treatment cost. Drops, taken at home, cut that out — which tends to be the bigger cost over a multi-year course, not the treatment itself. We break down typical cost comparisons in more detail here.

5. "Drops only treat pollen, not pet/dust/mold allergies"
Drops can be formulated across a broad range of environmental allergens — dust mites, pet dander, mold, pollen — based on your actual allergy panel, not a one-size-fits-all pollen mix. Here's how the panel/formulation process actually works.

What other allergy myths have you heard floating around? Happy to fact-check anything!