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Heart is racing at 120, fever, body aches, and headache. this came on like an hour ago. she has taken al-hist pe... could this be a common side effect?

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Dr. Venkata Chilakapati answered

ALA-HIST-PE: Its active ingradient is phenylephrine. It could cause palpitations, tachycardia and supraventricular tachycardia (fast beting arrythmia). In addition fevet itself could increase heart rate. For every 1 degree centigrade heart rate increases by 10 beats approximately.

Answered 10/4/2013

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A member asked:

Heart is racing at 120, fever, body aches, and headache. this came on like an hour ago. she has taken al-hist pe... could this be a common side effect?

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Dr. Venkata Chilakapati answered

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