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(This tripped my positive bias sense: only testing the outcome in the presence of an intervention doesn't establish that it's doing anything. It's wrong to try again and again after something seemed to work, one should also try not doing it and see if it stops working. Scattering anti-tiger pills around town also "works": if one does that every day, there will be no tigers in the neighborhood.)
I agree, I'd try not taking it too! I had hayfever as a child, and it was bloody awful. I used to put onion juice in my eyes because it was the only thing that would provide relief. But even as a child I was curious enough to try it both ways.