Medicines: Preschooler, Epi

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Seeking Info on Treating Allergies in Preschool Children

My 3 year old's pediatrician just prescribed Nasonex and Zyrtec on a daily basis for my 3 year old. His allergies are minor and have not really impacted his daily life although they flare up occasionally. I'm not comfortable giving him a steroid on a daily basis, and I really don't want to start him on a daily regimen of 2 medications, much less one. I'd prefer to just treat it as it happens, but I'm not really certain if that works. Does anyone have any information on these medications or other solutions to minor seasonal allergies? I've...

Allergies

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Epi Pen ????

My daughter is allergic to peanuts and we just went and picked up her epi pen and I noticed that it exp in may 2007. That just doesn't seem to be a very long shelf life for something that you hopefully will not need to use often. Of course if this is the norm that is fine but I feel like maybe the pharmacy just gave me an old one that they had on the shelf and if that is the case I am going back up there. So if someone could check theirs and let me know I would sooo appreciate it!

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Allergy or What?

When getting my 2 year old ready for dinner i took her shirt off and found...