Benadryl Allergy Quick Dissolve Strips, Vanilla Mint For Allergy Relief - 10 ea

by McNeil Consumer Healthcare

Product Features

• Benadryl Allergy Quick Dissolve Strips temporarily relieves symptoms due to hay fever.
• Temporarily relieves these symptoms due to the common cold: Runny nose, Sneezing.
• Benadryl Allergy Quick Dissolve Strips are individually wrapped. Dissolves Instantly.

Product Description

INDICATIONS: Benadryl Allergy Quick Dissolve Strips, Vanilla Mint Temporarily relieves symptoms due to hay fever or other upper respiratory allergies: Runny nose. Sneezing. Itchy, watery eyes. Itching of the nose or throat.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B000NVSPEO
• UPC: 312547170413
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,639 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars strips work GREAT, and are easy to carry in a wallet, March 8, 2009

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Patrick M. Day (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Benadryl Allergy Quick Dissolve Strips, Vanilla Mint For Allergy Relief - 10 ea (Health and Beauty)

My son has severe allergies. We are usually pretty careful about where he goes and what he eats. Nevertheless, several times a year he has an allergic reaction. When that happens, these strips are life savers. He likes the taste, and they work very fast. Best of all is that they are so thin I can easily stick one in my wallet next to my drivers license. They take up so little space that don't notice them. But when I need one, it's handy.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Literally have SAVED my life..., December 26, 2008

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Alanna Evans - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Benadryl Allergy Quick Dissolve Strips, Vanilla Mint For Allergy Relief - 10 ea (Health and Beauty)

I have alot of food allergies, and well, allergies to alot of airborne things as well (dust, dander, household chemicals, perfume). Unfortunately these tend to be severe (swelling closed of the throat, extreme breathing difficulties, rash, life threatening symptoms). Instead of hitting myself with an epi pen a few times, I have taken these as directed by doctor. They work quickly, MUCH faster than pill form and I can feel my worst symptoms start to alleviate after 5-8 minutes after taking them.

There is NOTHING more WONDERFUL than feeling your throat start to open back up after its closed so tightly it sounds like you are sucking air out of a straw. A relief, a miracle!

I do NOT go anywhere without them.

A doctor's office crammed with people wearing perfume that started out being a torture session (breathing in gasps, clamp feeling around chest, headache) was competely cleared up by ONE of these strips that I had in my purse.

Yes, they taste VERY minty, and leave a burning taste in your throat for awhile, but its a small, VERY small price to pay for the FREEDOM these can give people with severe allergies.

THEY WORK. WONDERFULLY.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lifesaver for food allergies!, January 30, 2010

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Bay Area Mama (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Benadryl Allergy Quick Dissolve Strips, Vanilla Mint For Allergy Relief - 10 ea (Health and Beauty)

These things are so fast it's amazing. My husband has a nut allergy, esp. to peanuts. There have been many times when these things have literally stopped him from suffocating after eating in restaurants. (Yes, he has an Epipen, but doesn't always bring it with him.) They slip in his wallet very easily, and I always carry them in my bag, and we have them in our medicine cabinet, too.

We use them for our little boy, who also has a lot of food and dust allergies which can trigger his asthma. I talked to our pediatrician who gave me the correct mg. dosage for his weight, and we can just easily fold, crease and tear the strips into quarters or halves as per the dose. (He calls them "itchy mints"!) I give him water right after because the mint taste is a little "spicy" for him, but he's now very used to it. It is very easy to pop into a child's mouth and it works soooooo fast compared to a pill or liquid. Boom! Relief. Try to give liquid to a screaming bucking toddler!

We even came to the aid of a young mom in a sushi place whose 3 year daughter started having a severe allergic reaction to some seafood. She panicked and didn't know what to do, so I asked her kid's weight and we gave her a conservative dose and in about 2 minutes she was back to pretty normal breathing and her itching hives started settling down. Again, we were happy to have them on hand!

Anyway, we love these things. Only drawbacks: they are sometimes hard to locate except in large, well-stocked drug stores, and they are tough to open to say the least. In fact I now carry a little manicure scissors in my purse to do it. It could definitely be better designed, but perhaps it is a childproof setup.