(Salt Lake City, UT)  –  Utah doctors are telling their patients to prepare for a long and difficult allergy season.  Allergists say pollen counts are already rising and that the allergy season has arrived several weeks earlier than normal.  Some are blaming the increase in pollen on the unusually warm weather that has affected Utah this winter.  Doctors say over-the-counter medications can help with allergy symptoms and should be taken a few weeks before allergy season begins.