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Ra patient. i still get chronic swelling in lips and face despite taking loratadine fomatadine zertec hydroxyzine singulair (montelukast). why despite the treatmnt?

Q: ra patient. i still get chronic swelling in lips and face despite taking loratadine fomatadine zertec hydroxyzine singulair (montelukast). why despite the treatmnt?

May be doage issue:: Combining an H1 &amp; H2 blocker together usually works. But hydroxyzine becomes an H1 blocker, so it is redundant. But the most potent H1 and H2 receptor blockers is the same drug: Doxepin, a generic. Fifty mg of doxepin at night should really help with the other two!

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May be doage issue:: Combining an H1 & H2 blocker together usually works. But hydroxyzine becomes an H1 blocker, so it is redundant. But the most potent H1 and H2 receptor blockers is the same drug: Doxepin, a generic. Fifty mg of doxepin at night should really help with the other two!

Answered 5/25/2015

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A member asked:

Ra patient. i still get chronic swelling in lips and face despite taking loratadine fomatadine zertec hydroxyzine singulair (montelukast). why despite the treatmnt?

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