Some might like the fact that there hasn't been a lot of snow and ice to contend with this winter, but the tradeoff is that allergies are much worse than usual this time of year.

Stephen Strong, a pharmacist at Freeland Brown in Brookside, says they've been selling antihistamines and decongestants at a very brisk pace.

He said there are several questions that pharmacists will ask a client when trying to determine the right medication for his or her allergies, including the person's health history.

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"Like high blood pressure, heart disease, thyroid, or diabetes," Strong said.

Some medications work faster than others, but once again there's a tradeoff, because the ones that work quickly will make you drowsy and vice-versa.

"Some of the older antihistamines are very good, they're very fast-acting," Strong said. 

"That's the drawback of the other, non-sedating, they don't work that fast."