Allergies? What have you used? What works?

[Cincy'sMom]

Kody's symptoms sound very similar to Cincy's. She was diagnosed with allergies to dust mites a few years ago. She gets immunotherapy shots every 2 weeks. (I do them at home and the vial costs about $225 for a year's supply). The shots have helped her immensely, but in the winter she still has some rough periods (nothing like she used to have, when she would just about chew her legs raw). For those times we give her either a Benedryl or 1/2 of a 5mg prednisone...not enough to cause the weight gain, but enough to take the edge off the itching.

[Jessika]

Charlie gets pretty bad seasonal allergies... We woke up this morning to find a human fist-sized bald spot right above his tail chewed raw and bleeding, as well as bald patches on his chest from scratching.

I just give him a benedryl as needed, and it seems to REALLY help. In your case though it sounds a little more drastic, so I don't know if benedryl alone would do the trick.

[chocolatepuppy]

Lacey takes Temaril-P. She started with a 'summer' allergy last summer. It works if you can deal with the side effects. Depending on how many pills she takes , she drinks and pees more. Also, she's always hungry. I hope I can get her back off of them soon. Last summer she got by with Hydroxyzine. She is way passed Benadyl working.