In spring grass and trees bloom.
For many allergy sufferers, the natural spectacle is associated with defense reactions of the body.
The Stiftung Warentest shows which drugs can help
Munich - sunshine, rising temperatures, allergic reactions?
The flowering grasses and trees cause itchy eyes, shortness of breath and sneezing in many people.
For allergy sufferers: worrying on the inside: the pollen begins to fly earlier and earlier, so that the pollen of the alder and hazel can be felt even in winter.
To remedy this, allergy sufferers resort to medication, which in the form of eye drops, nasal sprays, tablets and juices fill the shelves of pharmacies.
Stiftung Warentest examined the preparations by comparing active ingredients, effectiveness and price.
Hay fever: Stiftung Warentest selects the best eye drops
As the Stiftung Warentest writes, the time at which you take the eye drops is crucial for allergy sufferers.
So products with cromoglicic acid should be used two weeks before pollen count.
As the institute explains, "drops with ketotifen also have an acute effect, those with azelastine and levocabastine only act acutely".
The Stiftung Warentest highlights the following products:
Active ingredient: Cromoglicic acid (preventive)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Cromo sandwiches |
20 single dose pipettes, 20 mg / ml, unpreserved |
5.71 |
Crom Opthal Sine |
20 single dose pipettes, 20 mg / ml, unpreserved |
5.75 |
Vividrin Iso |
20 single dose pipettes, 20 mg / ml, unpreserved |
6.78 |
Pollicrom |
10 ml, 20 mg / ml, unpreserved |
6.97 |
Cromo Micros Lab |
10 ml, 20 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
4.88 |
Crom Opthal |
10 ml, 20 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
4.97 |
Cromo-1A Pharma |
10 ml, 20 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
5.40 |
Active ingredient: azelastine (acute treatment)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Azela Vision Sine |
10 single dose pipettes, 0.5 mg / ml, unpreserved |
5.78 |
Azela-Vision MD Sine |
6 ml, 0.5 mg / ml, unpreserved |
9.96 |
Pollival |
10 ml, 0.5 mg / ml, unpreserved |
14.95 |
Azelastine Micro Labs |
6 ml, 0.5 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
8.98 |
Azedile |
6 ml, 0.5 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
10.85 |
Vividrin azelastine |
6 ml, 0.5 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
11.89 |
Active ingredient: levocabastine (acute treatment)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Levocamed |
4 ml, 0.5 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
10.97 |
Livocab directly |
4 ml, 0.5 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
12.79 |
Active ingredient: Ketotifen (acute treatment and preventive)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Ketotifen Stulln |
20 single dose pipettes, 0.25 mg / ml, unpreserved |
11.70 |
Allergo vision sine |
20 single dose pipettes, 0.25 mg / ml, unpreserved |
11.80 |
Zaditen Ophtha sine |
20 single dose pipettes, 0.25 mg / ml, unpreserved |
11.97 |
Zaditen Ophtha |
5 ml, 0.25 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
11.97 |
Hay fever: Sprays help with a stuffy nose
As the Stiftung Warentest notes, most nasal sprays help acutely.
Sprays with the active ingredient cromoglicic acid - similar to eye drops - are to be used 14 days earlier.
Active ingredient: Cromoglicic acid (preventive)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Pollicrom |
15 ml, 20 mg / ml, unpreserved |
7.97 |
Cromo-Ratiopharm |
15 ml, 20 mg / ml, unpreserved |
8.19 |
Cromo-1A Pharma |
15 ml, 20 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
7.89 |
Active ingredient: azelastine (acute treatment)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Azedile |
10 ml, 1 mg / ml, unpreserved |
8.39 |
Vividrin azelastine |
10 ml, 1 mg / ml, unpreserved |
8.48 |
Pollival |
10 ml, 1 mg / ml, unpreserved |
9.97 |
Active ingredient: levocabastine (acute treatment)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Levocamed |
5 ml, 0.5 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
7.96 |
Livocab Direct |
5 ml, 0.5 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
8.95 |
Active ingredient: beclometasone (acute treatment)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Rhinivict Nasal |
10 ml, 0.05 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
8.00 |
Ratioallergic hay fever spray |
10 ml, 0.05 mg / ml, preserved with benzalkonium chloride |
10.26 |
Hay fever: You can save money with combination packs
For allergy sufferers who suffer from both eye problems and a stuffy nose, Stiftung Warentest recommends combination packs.
These include nasal sprays and eye drops and can be a money saver.
The foundation points out that those affected should rather fall back on products without preservatives.
Active ingredient: Cromoglicic acid (preventive)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Cromo-Ratiopharm |
10 ml eye drops 20 mg / ml, preserved; 15 ml, nasal spray, 20 mg / ml, unpreserved |
12.69 |
Active ingredient: azelastine (acute treatment)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Azedile |
4 ml eye drops, 0.5 mg / ml, preserved; 10 ml nasal spray, 1 mg / ml, unpreserved |
15.90 |
Allergodil Akut Duo |
4 ml eye drops, 0.5 mg / ml, preserved; 10 ml nasal spray, 1 mg / ml, unpreserved |
18.49 |
Active ingredient: levocabastine (acute treatment)
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Levocamed |
4 ml eye drops, 0.5 mg / ml and 5 ml nasal spray, 0.5 mg / ml, both preserved |
16.95 |
Livocab Direct |
4 ml eye drops, 0.5 mg / ml and 5 ml nasal spray, 0.5 mg / ml, both preserved |
18.79 |
Hay fever: tablets and juices provide relief in acute reactions
The reactions to pollen are different in people with allergies: inside.
While some sufferers only have mild symptoms, such as an itchy nose, hay fever can, to a large extent, reduce the quality of life of allergy sufferers.
Sleep disorders and poor concentration can be the result.
Stiftung Warentest recommends tablets, juice and syrup for those affected with particularly strong symptoms.
Active ingredient: cetirizine
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Cetirizine AL |
20 film-coated tablets, 10 mg / piece |
2.96 |
Cetirizine ADGC |
20 film-coated tablets, 10 mg / piece |
2.96 |
Cetirizine AbZ |
20 film-coated tablets, 10 mg / piece |
2.99 |
Cetirizine AL |
75 ml juice / syrup, 1 mg / ml |
5.88 |
Cetirizine Aristo |
75 ml juice / syrup, 1 mg / ml |
5.88 |
Cetirizine Hexal |
75 ml juice / syrup, 1 mg / ml |
6.50 |
Cetirizine Ratiopharm |
75 ml juice / syrup, 1 mg / ml |
6.50 |
Cetirizine Stada |
75 ml juice / syrup, 1 mg / ml |
6.50 |
Cetirizine beta |
10 ml drops, 10 mg / ml |
8.35 |
Cetirizine AL |
10 ml drops, 10 mg / ml |
8.37 |
Cetirizine 1A Pharma |
10 ml drops, 10 mg / ml |
9.31 |
Active ingredient: levocetirizine
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Levocetirizine Beta |
20 tablets, 5 mg / piece |
7.34 |
Levoceti AbZ |
20 tablets, 5 mg / piece |
7.40 |
Levocetirizine-1A Pharma |
20 tablets, 5 mg / piece |
7.40 |
Active ingredient: loratadine
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Lora ADGC |
20 tablets, 10 mg / piece |
2.70 |
Loratadine AL |
20 tablets, 10 mg / piece |
4.72 |
Loratadine-1A Pharma |
20 tablets, 10 mg / piece |
6.06 |
Active ingredient: desloratadine
medium |
Content, dose |
price in euro |
Deslora-1A Pharma |
20 tablets, 5 mg / piece |
8.85 |
Desloratadin Heumann |
20 tablets, 5 mg / piece |
8.98 |
Desloratadine Glenmark |
20 tablets, 5 mg / piece |
9.12 |
If you are unsure whether the symptoms are caused by hay fever, you should consult a doctor, according to Stiftung Warentest.
An allergist is particularly suitable for this.
As the Robert Koch Institute writes, around 13 percent of all women and just over ten percent of all men in Germany suffer from hay fever.
For more than a tenth of the German population, the spring months are associated with physical complaints.
It's good that there are a variety of preparations available that can alleviate the symptoms.
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