As of: February 29, 2024, 9:28 a.m
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The best remedies for hay fever from Stiftung Warentest.
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The pollen alarm will go off particularly early in 2024!
While some enjoy the first rays of sunshine, others would like to pull the blanket over their heads.
Where non-allergy sufferers happily celebrate spring picnics under the blooming hazel bushes, allergy sufferers rub their watery, itchy eyes and runny sniffly noses.
The test winners at a glance
Test winner eye drops - preventative treatment
Test winner eye drops - acute treatment
Test winner eye drops - preventative + acute treatment
Test winner preventive nasal spray against hay fever
Test winner acute nasal spray against hay fever
Test winner for children: hay fever nasal spray Livocab Direkt
Stiftung Warentest has tested the best eye drops and nasal sprays against hay fever
In view of the fact that pollen is flying ever earlier, Stiftung Warentest took on an issue last year that is a problem for almost 12.5 million people every year: hay fever.
In view of climate change, almost 15 percent of the total population in this country is suffering from itchy eyes, runny nose or scratchy throat at an increasingly early age.
In addition to eye drops and nasal sprays, there is now even help in tablet form.
But in addition to the first pollen as early as January, patients are faced with increasingly higher prices.
Expensive medications are often - but not always - the only solution to the symptoms of hay fever.
Stiftung Warentest was able to confirm that there are also inexpensive remedies that are highly effective in helping with pollen allergies.
These are the best eye drops for hay fever according to Stiftung Warentest
There are roughly three groups of active ingredients in eye drops:
Preventive
: eye drops with cromoglicic acid
Acute treatment
: Eye drops with levocabastine
Preventive & acute
: drops with ketotifen
Eye drops for preventative treatment of hay fever
Cromo-Stulln® UD eye drops with 2% sodium cromoglicate © Pharma Stulln
17% off at Doc Morris
The Cromo-Stulln UD eye drops are used regularly 4 times a day as a preventative measure as they do not have an immediate effect.
Even after the symptoms have subsided, these eye drops should be used for as long as you are exposed to the allergens.
Price around €12.99 instead of €15.82
Eye drops for acute hay fever treatment
Azela-Vision® MD sine eye drops © Shop Pharmacy
19% cheaper at Shop Apotheke
The Azela-Vision Sine eye drops are available both as practical individual doses and in large dispensers.
Their highly effective mode of action is based on the effect of antihistamines.
They protect against substances such as histamine, which the body produces during an allergic reaction.
They protect the body, so to speak, “from itself”.
Price €9.02 instead of €11.08
Test winner eye drops with preventative + acute effects
Ketotifen Stulln® UD eye drops © Pharma Stulln
20% discount at Shop Pharmacy
The all-round eye drops Ketotifen Stulln can be used regularly by children aged 3 and over.
They are effective against typical hay fever symptoms such as itchy, watery, red or swollen eyes and/or eyelids.
Practically and hygienically packaged in 10 individual doses.
Price €4.95 instead of €6.19
The best preventive nasal spray for hay fever
Allergy eye drops Pollicrom® 20 mg/ml © Shop Pharmacy
15% cheaper at Shop Pharmacy
Most nasal sprays are only used for acute problems.
Nevertheless, Stiftung Warentest also has a test winner with the active ingredient cromoglicic acid, which has a preventative effect: the Pollicrom nasal spray.
Price €6.78 instead of €7.97
Stiftung Warentest test winner acute nasal spray against hay fever
Ratioallerg hay fever spray © ratiopharm
49% discount at Shop Pharmacy
This highly effective hay fever spray is suitable for patients aged 18 and over.
As a rule, two single doses daily are enough to get the symptoms under control.
In severe cases, however, up to eight sprays per day can be administered.
Price €5.55 instead of €10.98
Test winner for children: hay fever nasal spray Livocab Direkt
Livocab® direct nasal spray © Shop Pharmacy
22% cheaper at Shop Pharmacy
Even the youngest patients aged 1 year and over can use this well-tolerated nasal spray.
It not only effectively helps with hay fever, but also with the symptoms of animal or house dust mite allergies.
Just two applications per day are usually enough, and the effects begin after just 10 minutes.
Price €12.39 instead of €15.96
This article only contains general information on the respective health topic and is therefore not intended for self-diagnosis, treatment or medication.
It in no way replaces a visit to the doctor.
Unfortunately, our editorial team cannot answer individual questions about medical conditions.
You can read the detailed test from Stiftung Warentest here.