Quercetin Bromelain, Immunity Support, Heart, Joint & Healthy Respiratory System, Non-GMO, Vegan, Gluten Free, Soy Free,180 VC

I'm 33 and live in Delhi. I don't exactly remember since when but it must have been around 18 years since I have been facing the problem of allergic rhinitis. It's not something that troubles me throughout the year but for almost 4-5 months every year, in different seasons, it gets triggered. And when it does, I become extremely sensitive to dust, perfumes or anything having a strong smell. I start sneezing, my eyes get watery and red and I find it very hard to focus and look at my computer screen. I have taken different medications like cetrizine, levocetrizine, allegra, montelucast, fluticasone spray and what not. But all of these medicines only work when I get some sleep after taking them. If I don't sleep, my entire day is ruined with constant sneezing and I can't do any work properly.Over the years, I have had some good seasons and some bad. There have been some years when my sneezing didn't get triggered at all throughout the year and there have been years when it has been so bad that I have been sneezing from August to December. This year (2020) has been worse. I faced problems in February and March. Then till August I was perfectly fine. But since August, it has been really bad and this month (December) it has been terrible. It's like I have been sneezing almost every day this month. I had given up all hope that anything can work but started doing some research on home remedies. That's when I stumbled upon a blog post which talked about benefits of quercetin supplements. I had nothing to lose so I searched for the same here on Amazon and ordered this product since it had good reviews.I have been taking this supplement from last 4 days only (2 tablets a day) but surprisingly it has worked well. In fact, this is the only medicine which has worked immediately, without me having to get some sleep after taking it. I haven't found any studies which indicate any adverse effects of this supplement and since it contains pigments which are naturally found in food, I am hoping there should not be much adverse effects and even if there are, I am hoping they should not be as bad as the medicines I had been taking earlier. Also, 4 days is a very short span to comment about the effectiveness of this supplement but I am hopeful it will work in the long term. If it does, it is going to be a life changing medicine for me.Update (January 5 2021): It's been 2 weeks since I have been taking this. Dosage reduced to 1 tablet per day, sometimes I also skip if I am feeling perfectly fine. So far so good. I hope it continues to work fine

I use this to stabilize mast cells for fewer allergic reactions. I find it's very helpful. I take it along with Camu Camu, a highly potent form of vitamin C.

Have been taking it for a year and it is very good

Unlike many other reviewers, I do not take these for asthma or seasonal allergies. I currently take them for headaches, what I call migraine headaches and what my doctor calls tension headaches (we disagree).I've had problems with headaches for quite a few years now and have always "carefully" used Advil, which usually helped but didn't completely take the headache away. More recently I've been having more headaches and they are powerful bad ones, pain on both sides of the head, tension in the neck and upper back, lasting about 24 hours (+/- 4 hours), and usually include some stomach discomfort such as nausea and lack of appetite. In the past I blamed many of my headaches on caffeine (too much or not enough) but I found those headaches usually went away after a couple hours of sleep. The headaches I get not do not usually diminish with sleep and if I don't take anything for them, the pain prevents me from sleeping.In the past year I discovered that I was getting headaches every time I consumed pepper - red pepper, chili pepper, cayenne, tabasco, jalapenos, and even red or green bell pepper. Even the tiniest amounts such as contamination would cause one of my severe "migraine" headaches. This has been debilitating as I don't cook much and pepper is in many prepared and restaurant foods, often hidden in ingredients such as "spices" or "natural flavorings", or even just getting in stuff through contamination (same grill, same oil, etc). I grew up heating hot peppers all the time and I love eating at Chipotle's so it's been hugely disappointing to develop this problem. I've found a few other reports online of the same, but it does seem to be a very unusual problem.Just recently I've discovered that if I take one or two of these as soon as I feel (or suspect) a headache, it seems to stop the headache completely. I do get dry mouth and sometimes urinate a little more than usual as quercetin appears to be a diuretic. Quercetin is also a vasodilator (relaxes or "dilates" blood vessels) as it seems to increase nitric oxide in the blood. Vasodilators are generally considered the cause of migraines, so it seems odd that one vasodilator (peppers) will cause me a headache and another one (quercetin) will take it away. Likely the real mechanisms involved here are more complicated than that. I am pleased though to find that quercetin has this affect as Advil seems to be causing me ulcer-like symptoms (nausea, bloating, acid reflux), even at doses as small as (2) pills every five to seven days.University of Maryland Medical Center's website says that Quercetin has been known to cause kidney damage at doses greater than 1g (or 1000mg) per day, though I cannot find any scientific study showing that. Each capsule contains 250mg so (4) of these in a day might put you in kidney damage zone. I'm really careful, only taking them when I need them, and I usually try to take only 2 or max 3 in a 24 hour period. I don't think kidney damage can be detected in its early stages so you do want to be careful with these. However, oddly enough, quercetin has also been shown to protect against kidney damage or to help people who have kidney disease, so the studies here seem to be conflicting.I suspect the headache reducing effect for me will be short lived, or else I'll end up finding out that it also had to do with something else I was doing at the same time as I have been trying other things like cutting out caffeine, exercising, and experimenting with a few other supplements. If I have any more definitive information to add, I'll try to remember to come back and update this review. For now, I am sure that quercetin does take my bad headaches away as I've proven it numerous times (but it does seem to work best if I catch it early).

I find the combination of Quercetain and Bromelain to be wonderful for raising my immune system, and strengthening my heart and respiratory system. When I take the these daily I can notice the difference in my level of energy and how I feel. It really works for me.