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I'm experiencing severe hay fever symptoms, took one 10mg loratadine tab, got insufficient relief- can i take 5 or 10mg more?

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Dr. Corey Clay answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

You can, but...: You are unlikely to receive significant additional benefit from increasing the dose of loratadine in a case like this. Antihistamines are often inadequate to control the inflammation associated with moderate rhinitis. Furthermore, loratadine can take hours to reach its full effect.

Answered 4/30/2017

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