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As a child I suffered from severe pollen allergies, with grass pollen among the worst (other than poison oak or ivy which I was informed could be deadly if inhaled from burning - skin contact requires steroids and an antihistamine with atropine and digitalis). I endured scratch tests to determine what I was allergic to, and afterward weekly injections for years to try to reduce sensitivity ($40 each week in the mid to late 1970s). In the 1980s I was prescribed and regularly used seldane (terfenadine which produces fexofenadine aka allegra when metabolized) and have tried to avoid antihistamines since. After I got older and became a smoker my allergies became less and less severe. I quit smoking several times and when I did the allergies became more severe. I suspect that tobacco, for me, is more effective than the concoction that was intended to desensitize me. That reminds me… it’s about time to decide what tobacco strains I want to grow this year and start some seeds.