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Mild WI Winter Means an Early Start to Allergy Season

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012   

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Wisconsin is basking in unusually warm weather this week. While that's good news for most, for allergy and asthma sufferers it means an early start to the spring allergy season.

Kristen Grimes, senior asthma project manager of the Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin, says it's important for sufferers to develop a plan with their doctor and get their allergy medications on board.

"To help decrease the cost of medications, we recommend using drug value and co-pay cards, which can be found online, and the Wisconsin Asthma Coalition offers a list of prescription assistance programs which can be found on the Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin website."

Grimes also has useful tips for those who will be affected by the early spring.

"We recommend that people with allergies can limit their exposure outdoors and in wooded areas, they can keep their windows closed, and then they can use things like HEPA-filtered air purifiers and vacuum cleaners inside the house."

Grimes says it's important to work closely with your doctor to have an allergy and asthma plan in place, and then follow that plan.

The early spring is great news for people excited about a break from winter, but it puts more pollen and mold spores into the air, which brings the stuffy nose, sneezing and watery eyes to allergy sufferers, and can be a trigger for asthma attacks. Doctors know that the medications to counteract the symptoms can be expensive, and Grimes says people shouldn't hesitate to ask their doctors for help in affording the meds.

"Not at all. They can help you with free samples; they can direct you to drug value cards and co-pay cards, and again you can always look on our website."

The information can be found through a link on the website's front page at CHAWisconsin.org. Another way to find savings on medications is to go to the Internet, enter the name of a medication followed by ".com" - and usually discover sites which can help find ways to save money on the cost of the medication.


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