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allergy medicine medication
A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Linda Green answered
45 years experience Pediatric Allergy and Asthma
Depends: The choice of allergy medication depends on symptoms. There are several good over the counter antihistamines. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice ... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Nayla Mumneh answered
29 years experience Allergy and Immunology
Allergies: If your symptoms are mostly secondary to nasal congestion you need to have a nasal spray as oral medications do not control congestion well. And if yo ... Read More
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Dr. Linda Green answered
45 years experience Pediatric Allergy and Asthma
Allergy shots: There are some prescription medications that could be tried including prescription nasal sprays. Another long -term approach is allergy shots; see a b ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Nazhat Sharma answered
58 years experience Ophthalmology
Red eyes: Some people have very superficial conjunctival blood vessels naturally. These can be temporarily constricted with vasoconstrictor eye drops but the ... Read More
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Dr. Stephen Khachikian answered
21 years experience Ophthalmology
More info: It could be dry eyes or blepharitis or other cause of red eyes. It says you take synthroid (thyroxine) so a condition called thyroid eye disease could ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Luis Matos answered
45 years experience Pediatric Allergy and Asthma
It depends...: living with a cat or not. First, Keep the cat out of your living areas especially the bedroom. If living with a cat you need to take allergy medicatio ... Read More
A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Nayla Mumneh answered
29 years experience Allergy and Immunology
Many choices: There is no magic pill out there and it all depends on what symptoms your are trying to treat. A decongestant for a cold or flu is available is many d ... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Ferguson answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
Probably not: I occasionally use Benedryl in a infant if they get hives with a food reaction. Beyond that, antihistamines have little use in early childhood. Small ... Read More
A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Anthony LaBarbera answered
28 years experience Pediatrics
See below: Personally, I like Allegra or Allegra-D, if you have nasal congestion.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mandakini Patel answered
41 years experience Pediatrics
Cold & allergy: You need to read the contents of the cold medicines. Soem already have allergy medicines inside of them as well. You shouls take your medicines you ... Read More
A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Justin Greiwe answered
12 years experience Allergy and Immunology
Not Safe: Overdosing on sedative antihistamines to get high is definitely concerning and should be addressed. Taking too many of these pills can alter your cogn ... Read More
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Dr. Daniel Bates answered
8 years experience Family Medicine
Probably not: Drug manufacturers are required to put an expiration date on their products that gives a window of time when the drug formulation will be adequately p ... Read More
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