A 48-year-old member asked:
should you take claritin and mucinex (guaifenesin) d together?
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Dr. Michael Zacharisen answered
33 years experience Allergy and Immunology
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.
Answered on Aug 1, 2018
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