It's the most wonderful time of the year; we all know the familiar refrain from the back-to-school commercials, but for seasonal allergy sufferers, it can be one of the most difficult times of the year. From ragweed to dust, leaves and mold, fall can be one of the most challenging allergy seasons. And as anyone who suffers from allergies can tell you, the symptoms can be enough to keep you indoors, even on the nicest of days.
So for those of us who want to get outdoors and enjoy the beautiful weather without the painful symptoms that come with allergies, what can be done? The Go2Girlz testing panel recently sampled Reactine Extra Strength allergy tablets to see if it was up to the task of providing relief from their seasonal (and year-round) allergy symptoms. Reactine Extra Strength provides fast, effective, long-lasting (can start to work in 20 minutes and last for 24 hours) relief of itchy, watery eyes, nasal congestion/stuffiness, itchy nose and throat, post-nasal discharge, sneezing, and runny nose caused by seasonal and perennial allergies, and itching due to allergic skin reactions, such as hives as well as relief of allergy symptoms caused by ragweed, pollen, grass, dust, pets, and mould. Our testers were asked to sample Reactine every day, as regular daily use relieves allergy symptoms to help restore your normal quality of life.
Our Go2Girlz testers were unanimous: Reactine Extra Strength is a product that lives up to its promises. Everyone experienced quick relief of their symptoms that lasted a full 24 hours without causing drowsiness. A few of our testers with very severe symptoms did not experience complete relief, but found that their allergy symptoms were significantly lessened; while others found that a half-pill was sufficient. All our testers said they would recommend it to a friend, and would buy it again themselves.
Here's more of what the Go2Girlz had to say about Reactine Extra Strength:
It was recommended to me by my doctor so I had great expectations. Thankfully the product lived up to them! It was great, worked quickly and was easy to swallow. -- Stephanie, mom of 1
Excellent! I was really suffering from seasonal allergies with the additional complication of heavy smoke from local forest fires - one Reactine kept me feeling symptom-free all day. -- Kate, mom of 2
It works on seasonal allergies, and covers all of my symptoms. -- Julie, mom of 3
It works! -- Barbara, mom of 1
It is long lasting, keeping symptoms at bay and allows you to enjoy being outside with the kids! -- Karmen, mom of 2
After taking one, early in the morning, I can actually function! -- Sarah, mom of 1
The tablets are small enough for even the fussiest person to swallow. It lasts 24 hours so you don't need to worry about carrying extra in your bag. -- Jodi, mom of 2
It works really fast, usually within 30-45 min you can feel results, it is non-drowsy which lets you stay alert and function normally -- Tracy, mom of 2
So for those of us who want to get outdoors and enjoy the beautiful weather without the painful symptoms that come with allergies, what can be done? The Go2Girlz testing panel recently sampled Reactine Extra Strength allergy tablets to see if it was up to the task of providing relief from their seasonal (and year-round) allergy symptoms. Reactine Extra Strength provides fast, effective, long-lasting (can start to work in 20 minutes and last for 24 hours) relief of itchy, watery eyes, nasal congestion/stuffiness, itchy nose and throat, post-nasal discharge, sneezing, and runny nose caused by seasonal and perennial allergies, and itching due to allergic skin reactions, such as hives as well as relief of allergy symptoms caused by ragweed, pollen, grass, dust, pets, and mould. Our testers were asked to sample Reactine every day, as regular daily use relieves allergy symptoms to help restore your normal quality of life.
Our Go2Girlz testers were unanimous: Reactine Extra Strength is a product that lives up to its promises. Everyone experienced quick relief of their symptoms that lasted a full 24 hours without causing drowsiness. A few of our testers with very severe symptoms did not experience complete relief, but found that their allergy symptoms were significantly lessened; while others found that a half-pill was sufficient. All our testers said they would recommend it to a friend, and would buy it again themselves.
Here's more of what the Go2Girlz had to say about Reactine Extra Strength:
It was recommended to me by my doctor so I had great expectations. Thankfully the product lived up to them! It was great, worked quickly and was easy to swallow. -- Stephanie, mom of 1
Excellent! I was really suffering from seasonal allergies with the additional complication of heavy smoke from local forest fires - one Reactine kept me feeling symptom-free all day. -- Kate, mom of 2
It works on seasonal allergies, and covers all of my symptoms. -- Julie, mom of 3
It works! -- Barbara, mom of 1
It is long lasting, keeping symptoms at bay and allows you to enjoy being outside with the kids! -- Karmen, mom of 2
After taking one, early in the morning, I can actually function! -- Sarah, mom of 1
The tablets are small enough for even the fussiest person to swallow. It lasts 24 hours so you don't need to worry about carrying extra in your bag. -- Jodi, mom of 2
It works really fast, usually within 30-45 min you can feel results, it is non-drowsy which lets you stay alert and function normally -- Tracy, mom of 2
From an allergy symptom point of view, yes, this can be the most difficult time of the year. But Reactine and Staples would like to give you an easy button, so to speak, to help make this a little more like the most wonderful time of the year. It's in the form of a $50 gift card to Staples!
Let us know, in the comments, one thing that would make YOUR life easier, and you will automatically be entered to win the gift card. Winners will be selected by our friends at random.org.
This contest closes on September 20, 2010
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One thing that would make my life easier is if we had a grocery delivery service. Or magical cupboards and fridge that always have the needed ingredients in them.
One thing that would make my life easier is to have someone to cook and clean for me while I pursue other more exciting activities like playing with my grandchildren.
One thing that would make my life easier would be having a personal chef to cook all the meals. That would free me up to pursue my favorite activities.
One thing that would make my life easy would be to have someone clean the house for me.
My life would be much easier if I had a wonderful helper to cook and clean for me so that I can have more time with my family !
One thing that would make my life easier is if we had chairs at work to sit instead of standing all day long.
One thing that would make my life easier is not having to spend time cleaning the house. Then I would have a little more time for reading.
One thing that would make my life easier would be a smart phone... I have yet to jump on that band wagon!
One thing that would make my life easier would be no mortgage payments.
Having an on call handyman. Hubby works long hours in construction and although he has the skills (and intented to do the work....) he just doesnt get things done around our 1930's fixer upper. I could easily keep someone busy full time around here for a year!
One thing that would make my life easier would someone to help out with my housework as I am a full time working mom who also volunteers many hours doing other things. I just don't have the energy to clean after my work week.
A personal trainer would definitly make my life easier ! No need to think, just do it ! I need it ! :o)
Life would be easier if companies would stop adding citric acid to everything. It's really hard to find safe foods to eat when you are allergic to this food additive...
One thing that would make my life easier having some one else make the decision on what to cook for dinner. I don't know why but I found it hard to make up my mind:)
One thing that would make my life easier is Molly Maid!
One thing that would make my life easier? Predictable weather.
A good washing machine and a dryer.
one thing that would make my life easier is someone to do the dishes and laundry, there is always laundry and dishes that have to be done
If I never had to blow my nose ever again because of a runny nose, that would make my life easier.
someone to clean the washroom- yuck, hate it!
Other then a lottery win so I could stop working, my life would be a lot easier if I had a chauffeur!
less bills and getting rid of my mortgage
Automated kitty litter cleaner :)
Reactine help my son for 2-3 hours and it saying: do not use often then 12 hours
One thing that would make my life easier is a weekly house cleaning by Molly Maid or the equivalent.
One thing that would make my life easier is having no allergies, but thanks to reactine my allergies are more manageable.
One thing that would make my life easier is if I didnt have to do all the household chores.
It would make my life easier if my commute in and out of work was less than 1 hour!
One thing that would make my life easier would be to have a personal chef to come in and cook for me and that would be great. I have so many allergies and if I had someone cook according to what I can eat that would be great.
One thing that would make my life easier is to have my renos all done before winter comes
One thing that would make my life easier is to have someone help me clean and tidy the house. I hate doing that job and yet it needs to be done, funny how that is :)
One thing that would help me is finding one (or several) people to help me pack up and move our belongings to our new house before Christmas.
I would love to have a maid or a cook to help with things around the house!
Having someone do the shopping would make my life easier.
one thing that would make my life easier is to have someone come into my house to help me sort through our clutter. Thanks
A maid who can cook :)
A maid!
Would you believe that an Easy Button made my life a little easier.
I gave the one I won to the Vice Principal at the Junior High that my daughter was attending.
He was a real gem and deserved it. Hopefully it's making his life a little easier too!
I could use some housecleaning help.
One thing that would make our life easier would be a meal planner & chef who would create a healthy & nutritious menu & prepare it for us. Heck I would even enjoy cleaning up after wards.
Winning the Lotto Jackpot would make my life so much easier or having a few extra hours in the day, but realistically I would settle for a new computer that works and one that I don't have to open up every few weeks to fix. Thanks!
good stuff
My life would be made easier with more sleep!
My life would be a lot easier If I didn't have so many college courses to do..
My life would be a lot easier if i could take longer vacations.
My life would be easier if someone would just do the laundry . Where does it all come from !!!!
It would be easier if I could take a bill vacation for a few months.
I can't wait till the day someone invents a personal robot to do all the cleaning and washing and ironing..... at the press of a button :-)
I would love 2 hours where I'm not attending to my family or house chores to regroup and recharge - I'd be so less cranky!
thanks for the contest!
One thing that would make my life easier is if I had a landscaping company come and do my yard.
It would make my life easier if I had someone to bounce ideas/ problems and even achievements off of. There's alot of wonder people in my life, but let's face it, noone really wants to know all your minor frustrations or details each day...
Life would be easier if I had one job instead of two, so I could spend more time with my kids before they move out on their own as well play with my dogs. But you do what you have to do to make life work.
Life would be easier if I had a dishwasher !
My life would be so much easier if someone could take care of my yard (clipping trees/shrubs, weeding, edging, lawn mowing). It always gets way out of control, and stressing me out, but I love the veggies and blooms that come from it.
Life would be so much easier if I didn't have to be everyone's chauffeur. Between school, work, after school activities and everything else it would be so nice to NOT have to drive everyone around all the time.
One thing that would make my life easier......having someone to clean my house!
A dishwasher would sure make my life easier! I like doing them by hand, but there are some days when I NEED a quicker way!
One thing that would make my life easier would be a house keeper. I was involved in a car accident on Saturday and am finding it hard to keep up on my house work.
My life is easier when my husband makes his famous chick pea soup for supper!
my teen making (and bringing to school) his own lunch
I have 2 dogs and a cat so keeping on top of the pet hair is a major chore. My life would be a lot easier if I had a maid service coming in once a week.
I need a dishwasher too !
Life would be easier if I had about 2 more hours in the day. I always seem to run out of day before I run out of things to do.
A personal assistant or cloning myself would make my life easier.
One more day a week to enjoy my family...hey let's make Monday part of the weekend...that would work!
What would make my life easier is if the laundry folded itself. A chef and cleaner would also be wonderful.
My life would be a lot easier if I had someone to cook healthy homemade meals for my family every day!
My own personal trainer and a chef to provide nutritious meals would go a long way to improving my wife. Although I don't see that happening in the near or far future.
Sometimg that would make my life easy would be something which can help eliminate all alergys as soon as the alergy season comes people have to buy a variety of medicine tocure all these allergys
Living without allergies would make my life a lot easier.
Having my very own live in maid and cook.
one thing that would make my life easier is a maid! lol someone to help out with the cleaning of my home, would be very helpful with a two year old running around its hard to keep up with everything
A housekeeper to do all my cleaning!
what would make my life easier....if the kids and my hubby would pick up
after themselves. I guess I have been doing it for sooo long that they just
expected of me.
One thing that would make my life easier would be a laptop for my teenage daughter. Currently, she uses my computer in the evenings (when she's done her homework) to be on Facebook with her friends, and by the time she's done, I'm ready for bed as well! If I win, I'm thinking I'll use that $50 Staples gift card towards a laptop ... or maybe I'll keep the laptop and give her the desktop ...hmmm ...
One thing that would make my life easier would be a maid, who also cooks dinner every night!
One thing that would make my life easier would be if we actually had 2 vehicles instead of 1,so me & my husband didnt have to share one between us!
One thing that would make my life easier would be to have a maid and a cook so I would have more time to work on making reborn dolls.
My life would be so much easier if I would have someone to clean my house.
My life would be much easier if i had my own car.
My life would be easier if I had a cleaning service.
I would love to have a home organizer help me to clear out the clutter in my house and then help me to institute a system to prevent future build-up!
One thing that would make my life easier would be to be in better health. Not that I don't try but it's chronic. It would be great to have a pain free day. That would be easier. But then I guess I wouldn't be who I am today.
One thing that would make my life easier would be if I were to start work later in the day. i work at 7am and leave at 6am, get up at 5:30am. I know, it could be worse, but, that would make it all easier, for sure.
One thing that would certainly make my life easier at this time is if there was harmony among my family members.
My own personal transport system and more time in the day would make my life better.
My life would be easier if I won a lottery.
A dishwasher would make my life easier !
Anybody say "LOTTERY", yet?!? (Means early retirement!) LOL That would be sweet, but a gift card is just as welcome! ;D
I think the one thing that would make my life easier would be to have a stable job, in the last couple of years I have been laid off a couple of times due to work shortage in my field. So having a stable income would just make everything else in my life easier. The only other thing would be to win the lottery but I think you have to buy tickets for that.
My life would be easier if I had a personal assistant - a cook and personal trainer esp!
My life would be easier if the house would clean itself, wonderful meals would magically appear, and there were more hours in a day! I would love more time to play with my 4 year old without having to tell him "Sorry Sweetie... Mommy's busy" fifty times a day! Oh... and I'd love to have even an EIGHTH of my son's non-stop energy -- that would definitely make my life easier. ;0)
My life would be easier if my computer never crashed
Having a live in maid would definitely make my life a whole lot easier!!
One thing that would make my life easier would be if my daughter took responsibility for her diet. She's vegan and it's a lot of work finding, and getting her the right foods that will also keep her healthy
A dishwasher would make my life easier !
One thing that would make my life easier is if I had a maid.
My life would be easier if I could get the boys toilet trained. Once and for all
My life would be easier if i won the lottery.
One thing that would make life easier for me was if I could just be independently wealthy...
My life would be much easier if I could have someone clean AND organize my place - and on-call free plumbler would also be very handy!. Thank you!
One thing that would make my life easier is having help with cleaning the house once a week.
It would make my husband less miserable during allergy season. I feel bad for him, it's tough to be out all day in the spring summer and my daughter is always picking "flowers" (dandelions) for us!
Getting a maid to help with all the housework!
A personal chef
1 thing that would make my life easier would be to have someone sharing my life with - to have a hand to hold as I go thru the difficult things in life or just to share my day; to have someone to go to places with, rather than always trying to find a tag-a-long; to not be that one single awkward person ... that's my one thing
A second car!!
My husband passed away 8 years ago and my life would be much easier if he was still here.
A full night's sleep - which has not happened since our baby was born 11 months ago. Not fun!
I love cooking but hate cleaning up after.
So a maid to do the dishes and maybe lot of
other stuff
One thing that would make my life easier is a printer. The one we currently have never seems to work and every time I need to print something I have to wait or run to the library.
One thing that would make my life easier is if someone would clean my house just one time!
One thing that would make my life easy would be to have a job in the city I live in, not have to commute each week.
My life would be easier if I had a dishwasher !
Having a cleaning lady come in once a month would definitely make my life easier AND help my allergies!
My life would be easier if I had my own car.
Life would be easy if my family lived close by so we could help each other when needed or just spend time together.
If all my kids liked the same thing to eat..and never complained about it !!
Life would be easier if there were more hours in a day
One thing to make my life easier is to have at work is employees that would work as hard as i do.
One thing that would make my life easier would be if my three boys and my husband would actually listen when I say something so I don't have to repeat my self all the time. That would save time, get things done (hopefully) and make me happier.
My life would be easier if people were kinder and more tolerant.
My life would be easier with a dishwasher !
My life would be easier if my hubby did not have allergies. He suffers so much and it just pains me to see him hurting.
One thing that would make my life easier is to have extra money/income.
One thing that would make my life easier is have a landscaper to keep up our lawn and garden.
My life would be easier if our income matched our expenses.
If all the bills would magically disappear my life would be much easier!
If all my bills vanished life would be much easier.
I would love to have a maid service to clean my house. this would definitely make my life easier.
One thing that would make my life easier is to have a live in housekeeper to pick up after everybody and to prepare meals. Life would be great
I think something that would make my life easier would be a cook and maid!!!!! Thanks for the giveaway
Winning a big lottery would make my life a whole lot easier.
Winning the lottery would make my life easier, I would have the time to spend and not have to worry about money.
Having my husband home more would make my life easier. He's military and currently stationed away from us.
I would love it if my kids (teenagers and twenty something) would simply clean up after themselves. I don't mind doing the big stuff like meals and laundry etc, but I hate picking up after them when they're just being lazy! :) Deep breath...
I would love having a cleaning service - that would make life a whole lot easier with six of us living in the house - it can get pretty dirty around here!
Life would be easier for me if I had a handsome chauffeur at my beck and call. I'm not a fan of driving.
Having a maid would make my life easier!!
Someone to clean my house!!! :-)
One thing that would make my life simpler is if I could afford daycare.
One of the things that would make my life easier would be to have a horse stable closer to my home,as my youngest daughter loves horse back riding and I have to travel for 3/4 of an hour to an hour to get her to her horse back riding lessons.Reactine taken the night before as recommended by our pediatrician works wonders for her allergies by the way!
One thing that would make my life easier would be having my own secretary. I am planning our family vacation, doing paperwork for my husband's business, trying to start my own business, and the paperwork is stressing me out!