Melba
10-08-2004, 07:53 PM
I have had allergies pretty much all my life. I remember as a kid I was prescribed dimetabb when it was not sold OTC. Later I was prescribed hisminal (spelling?) but I believe that went off the market along with seldane. It seems that in the last few years I have tried many of these new prescription antihistimines (claritin, allegra, zyrtec) but I always seem to come back to benedryl. It dopes me up and I have to counteract the effects with coffee but it seems to work the best for me. So my question is...what have you all found to be the best antihistimine?
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Cut-Throat
10-09-2004, 10:26 AM
Chlorotrimeton - A slam dunk for most people!
CheerAngel
10-09-2004, 02:49 PM
Have you tried being on a combo of antihistamines? Like a cocktail of different kinds together? What about altering the dose of the antihistamines?
Melba
10-09-2004, 09:59 PM
No, actually I never had heard about using more than one antihistimine at a time. Does any one do this? What about side effects?
So chlortrimiton is considered stronger than benydryl?
So chlortrimiton is considered stronger than benydryl?
CheerAngel
10-10-2004, 09:35 AM
I have been on combo meds (antihistamine) before. And I know of a lot of people with chronic hives that goes on combo meds. e.g Zantac + Zytrec...etc. The side effects are what each medicine could do to you if you take them individually. Antihistamines common side effects are dry mouth, drowsiness but the newer generation ones are less sedative. benedryl is very sedative as I know.
leelee04
10-10-2004, 04:49 PM
I thought Zantac was to help stomach acid. :confused:
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CheerAngel
10-11-2004, 01:49 PM
I thought Zantac was to help stomach acid. :confused:
leelee
Yap, it can also be used in other conditions like hives or when the stomach is affected too in allergies. Zantac is a H2 blocker and it works on the stomach acid by blocking histamine from attaching itself to the H2 receptors in the stomach. :)
leelee
Yap, it can also be used in other conditions like hives or when the stomach is affected too in allergies. Zantac is a H2 blocker and it works on the stomach acid by blocking histamine from attaching itself to the H2 receptors in the stomach. :)
sneezydiva
10-12-2004, 03:37 AM
Overall I think the best antihistimine out there is Zyrtec. It's very effective, without making me overly drowsy. But probably the most effective is Chlor-trimiton and Benedryl, but they can cause drowsiness. FYI my mom's doctor actually told her to take a children's benedryl with her claritin for the first few days. Apparently, claritin takes a few days to build up in your system before it is effective.