A 48-year-old member asked:
Should you take claritin and mucinex (guaifenesin) d together?
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Dr. Michael Zacharisenanswered
Allergy and Immunology 34 years experience
Ok together: Claritin is an antihistamine and Mucinex (guaifenesin) d contains a decongestant (d) and a mucolytic. These should be fine together, as long at the Claritin is plain and not Claritin d12 or Claritin d24.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Claritin d and Mucinex (guaifenesin) can you take them together?
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Dr. Douglas Lotzanswered
18 years experience
Yes: Claritin d combines an antihistamine (loratadine) with a decongestant (pseudo-ephedrine). Mucinex (guaifenesin) is an expectorant. These are safe to take together. Would make sure that Mucinex product is plain Mucinex and not mucinex-d (which also contains pseudo-ephedrine) before taking these together.
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Can u take Mucinex (guaifenesin) d with claritin?
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Dr. Jeffrey Roschanswered
Allergy and Immunology 50 years experience
Mixing URI meds: Yes. Mucinex (guaifenesin) d is an expectorant/decongestant combination and Clarinex is an antihistamine. The combination can be helpful for a short term problem. For a chronic upper respiratory problem a topical nasal steroid spray is likely to be of more benefit.
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A member asked:
Can I take Mucinex (guaifenesin) dm and Claritin d?
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Dr. Bernstein Joelanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 61 years experience
Yes: These medications can be taken together because each has a different mode of action. Mucinex (guaifenesin) is prescribed to loosen the mucus. Claritin-d is an antihistamine and a decongestant. So the two of the drugs together should 1.) loosen the secretions, 2.) Claritin should decrease any allergic reaction and the decongestant should decrease mucus production.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Can i take Mucinex (guaifenesin) when i'm taking claratin d?
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Dr. John Chiuanswered
Allergy and Immunology 58 years experience
Yes: Whether it does anything or not, is another issue. Be sure not to take both Mucinex (guaifenesin) d and Claritin d.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Can one mix Mucinex (guaifenesin) d and Claritin d?
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Dr. Joram Seggevanswered
Specializes in Internal Medicine - Allergy & Immunology
NO!: Both medications have "d" - Pseudoephedrine 120mg. This is a potent constrictor of blood vessels and the dose of 240mg (of both medications) needs to be spread over 24 hours. Even 120mg cause quite a bit of side effects. You can use i tablet with d and the other without.
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