sama sama. went to ent specialist because of severe allergy problems last few springtimes, and all she did was recommend and prescribe anti-allergy and anti-histamine drugs like zyrtec. could get alternatives like allegra and generic versions off the shelves at a pharmacy. they didn't help. web browsing suggested propolis and a longer term immune buildup with local raw unfiltered honey, and from then on i don't need any anti-allergy drugs whatsoever. my immune system from consuming local raw honey and beehive extract is now so strong that i can hike in the open fields at the peak of pollen season without a single sneeze. it's night and day. my sceptism of recommendations and suggestions from the web has changed drastically after that. sinkies who bought expensive manuka honey from nz thinking it will help alleviate their allergies in sg are wasting their money for their honey. the honey has to be raw and localized by local bees via local plants and flowers to be effective. and with that remedy, the ent doc will not tell you.
Put it this way. If I tell one of my patients to take local raw honey and beehive extract for his nasal long term problem which he is worried about and say no point see specialist and then turns out he really has nasopharyngeal cancer you think I can say, well it worked for eatshitndie?
Scope first. Exclude cancer then can talk about beehive extract lah.
You trust the internet to do the nasoscopy for you?
That is the problem with patients who talk like they are so damn smart after they have seen the specialist and had all the high end investigations exclude all the deadly diseases.
Your family physician could have sent you to an allergist as well. They would run the tests and I wouldn't be surprised if you were actually allergic to honey and beehive extract. You taking those supplements were actually a form of desensitization therapy. Many patient have these therapies once they are diagnosed. I am sure many people have also taken this beehive extract and found no results whatsoever.
We cannot go by anecdotal evidence case by case basis as doctors.