I've never heard of a hayfever fit bringing down a plane, but I have read many accident reports where even over-the-counter meds were cited as a contributing factor, including antihistamines.
I used to suffer a little every season, and used to take Sudafed and stuff like that- even the non-drowsy formulas seemed to mess up my head. But I started taking nettle pills instead, and maybe it's a coincidence, but I don't get hayfever symptoms any more, even though I rarely take nettle now, just multivitamins.
  On the US FAA medical questionnaire, they do ask about such illnesses as hayfever, but the focus seems to be on what you're taking for it...

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Being a paramedic I can teel you this. Hayfever has been know to affect the respiratory system with symptoms that are considered to risky for military. Civy opn the other hand....I don't think is a prob

As for the meds........this is a big problem if it actually states on the bottle that you should not operate machinary. Even meds that are seemingly harmless can have an affect on someone. Example : I picked up a lady the other day who is in her late 40's. She has taken advil ( Ibuprofen) her entire life with no probs. I picked her up with an anaphylactic (alergic) reaction to taking the advil that her airway closed up and I had to drop an Endotracheal Tube(airway) down her just so she could breath. So this is why there are such strict rules about meds and flying. You can take food, meds, anything even bee stings, you can have them your whole life and not have a prob and then one day....BANG!!  I can also tell you that aftere 7 yrs in the Airborne that the military is able to regulate and control the rules MUCH MUCH more closley and strictly then civie land so this is why it seems like such a big deal.

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this is the biggest misconseption known in the medical field. These so called organics can be just as bad and more often than not are actually WORSE than the RX Drugs. Just because it says organic don't be fooled. I have worked codes (CPR) on people because they thought that the organics were not harmfull and potent and natural. Some people even mix them with their own drugs........THIS IS BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope it helps

Brent

Brent

The reason that herbal remedies work (the ones that do anyway) is because they contain the same chemicals as over-the-counter and Rx drugs. For example salicylic acid, which is the active in asprin is found in white willow bark. So if someone drinks some willow bark tea for a headache, its pretty much the same as taking asprin.

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I have FLP Bee propolis 3 times a day during the summer

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I dont know what the exact ingredients are because i cant find a jar in the house. It is not entirely designed for hayfever, because it uses bee honey etc... it works as an imunisation. Its not exatcly a drug.

IM confused! Lol

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You're welcome. It gave me a good giggle anyway.

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You have a good point & you know him better than me. I suspect most people in his business feel the same. Apart from pure honeycomb which I used to take for a bad sinus problem I have no experience of organic or natural remedies. As TacitBlue pointed out, some of these contain the same basic drugs that are used in the more familiar proprietary medicines. Being a natural product it's quite likely that they're less harmful without the side-effects of what is a mixture of different drugs. I'm not a doctor so I really wouldn't know.

In the end it comes down to what works for you & this involves a certain amount of faith in it. I had a sore throat a couple of days ago which I recognised as the symptoms of a bad cold that I get once a year. I took a dose of my favourite proprietary medicine before going to bed & one again the following night. Although I got the sniffles it didn't deveop into a full-blown streaming cold which from past experience it would had I not taken the medicine. It's all cleared up now & I'm back to normal instead of laying in bed for the whole weekend feeling sorry for myself.

I've also discovered that although there are many similar products available, this is the only one that works for me. It has no effect on my daughter who swears by a different one. I think they both contain basically the same ingredients so figure that one out.

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Misconception # 2  IT IS A DRUG. Acording to the Food and Drug admisnistration it is and they make the rules.  If it anywhere says on it that it is a narural helper, will relieve symptoms of (whatever), the fact that it is in a bottle and has ingredients posted on it for the purpose of helping with problems within the human body it is considered a drug. PERIOD. Doesn't matter if it is pure sugar coming from the bees butt. It is still a drug.

I will do some asking with the Doc here, and see what other info I can get.

I would take the bottle in and show it to the flight Dr. who will do your flight medical a see what he says. He will know more than anybody.

But i will see what I can come up with.

Brent

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Mmmmmm.....agreed......good point Charlie.

Brent