Can I Take More Than One Allergy Medication???

The blunt answer is yes... but only if the medications are from different categories. What are the different categories? They include: • Anti-histamines (allegra, zyrtec , claritin , xyzal, clarinex, etc) • Steroid nasal sprays (flonase, nasonex, nasacort, rhinocort, etc) • Singulair • Anti-histamine nasal sprays (astelin, astepro, patanase) • Saline flushes ( Neilmed Sinus Rinse Kit ) • Mast cell stabilizer ( NasalCrom ) As such, a person can take one medication from each categor…

4/26/2009 0

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Allergy Medications Explained

A new webpage has been posted going over the different types of allergy medications in the market today. Given that there is plenty of information on the internet on the science behind how these medications work, the webpage does not go into the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, but rather uses terms hopefully a layperson can understand. Furthermore, small useful tidbits of info are given including differences between allegra and allegra-D not only in terms of medical benefit but also …

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