At the pharmacies around the country, sales of allergy medicine have rushed during March. The reason, of course, is that more and more people have begun to feel the harsh symptoms of pollen allergy – sniff, runny eyes and heavy heads.
To manage your allergy in the best way, you are several things to keep in mind. Rinse your hair before bedtime, have the windows closed during the day and do not hang out clothes on ventilation outdoors, for example.
Something that is also very important is to start medication early and regularly, something Åslög Dahlbiologist and responsible for the pollen lab at the University of Gothenburg, explained to TT earlier in March.
– Ideally, you should start medication early. For example, it is high time for those who have birch pollen problems to medicate already, even though that season starts only in April.
But taking allergy medicine all the time is not free. It can actually cost quite a lot of money over time.
Buying a package of Loratadin Allergy pills usually cost around SEK 60 at the pharmacy. Nasonex nasal spray about SEK 140. Lomudal eye drops about SEK 80.
Prices may sound reasonably reasonable, but the fact is that you can get these products, and many more, for a fraction of the cost. All you have to do is shop online instead of in stores.
According to a survey of price hunting, it is an average of 52 percent more expensive to buy allergy medicines in the physical stores of the pharmacy chains than online.
Sometimes the price difference can be as large as over 300 percent.
– Consumers pay unnecessarily much for allergy medicines in the pharmacy’s physical stores. When the pollen season is now about to break out, it is time to review its medicine cabinet and click home the goods needed in time to get the best price, says Prisjakt’s consumer expert Isabella Ahmadi in a press release.
Price hunting analyzed 430 prices on 67 different allergy medicines. Here is a selection of some popular medicines where prices differ significantly:
The big difference in price between network and physical store is not exclusive to allergy medicines. It also applies to many other pharmacy goods, something News24 Previously reported.