Claritin is an allergy symptom relieving medicine, which is supposed to suppress allergy symptoms quickly after they begin. It’s approaching spring time, which is practically a code word for allergy season. After a particularly bad bout of allergies, I went over to the nearest
drugstore to buy myself a pack of allergy medicine. I picked Claritin because it was the cheapest and because I had seen so many advertisements about it. It also advertised quick relief, which I was desperate to get.
I took a pill and hoped it would work quickly. Half an hour later, I could still feel no difference between my prior state and my current state. I took it again twelve hours later, but the symptoms persisted the next day. I continued to take it, although I was ...